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美国有条法律:只要有固定收入的人才能当选议员——这显然是一条维护有钱人的法律。于是,为了表明自己的观点,富兰克林当众发表了一段演说:“为了当一名议员,看来必须拥有50美元,这无疑意味着,假如我有一条毛驴价值50美元,我就当然有了入选议员的资格。可是一年后,我的毛驴死了,我也就再也不能当议员了。那么请问,到底是谁在当议员,是我?还是毛驴?”果然是言简意赅,略施小计问了一句,就立刻让庄严的“法律”长出了一条荒唐的尾巴!
The United States has a law: As long as people with fixed income can be elected as members of Parliament – this is obviously a law that protects the rich. So, in order to show his point of view, Franklin made a speech in public: “To be a member of the congress, it seems that you must have 50 US dollars, which undoubtedly means that if I have a donkey worth 50 US dollars, of course I have been selected Members’ qualifications, but one year later, my donkey is dead, and I can no longer be a member of Parliament. Then ask, who is the legislator in the end, is it me? Or a donkey?”Sure enough, concise, slightly Inquire into the sentence, immediately let the solemn “law” grow a ridiculous tail!