Legal Documents

On Thursday we took a look at a legal document and talked about it a bit. I just wanted to point out a few more things on this type of discourse. People always wonder why it is so hard to interpret the meaning of these documents. This is exactly why they are confusing, to keep someone down from elevating to the same level as "The Man" as someone put it in class. Confusing people with in this way allows the writer or institution to maintain their authority over the common people. So in my opinion discourse is a type of force even though it isn't physical if know how to use your knowledge as an advantage.