you sue me, I sue you

    Today is "Law and Order" day, according to an email I received from your government and mine. Law and order, including civil law and order, is the American way, in a way. Our famous pilgrims, for example, landed on Plymouth Rock and then sued each other frequently. Reading their court records makes them seem like an obnoxious bunch of people who couldn't settle their differences without going to court. The most outrageous example was the two men who sued each other over a foot and a half of land for thirty-five years. But when you consider the alternatives to going to court--starting fights, making trouble to get your way, suing people starts to look like the civilized way to go.