Strip 840 -- First Seen: 2011-12-06
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The Transcript For This Page

Panel 1
We are in the hearing room now, Pablo seated at his desk. We can see the backs of some of the audience's heads in the lower part of the panel.
Pablo: Before I get into my assessment, I'm going to read a quote by someone I have always liked.
Pablo: It's from George Polya, who was a professor of mathematics, but I think he would have made a great jurist.
Panel 2
Head-and-shoulders shot of Pablo in the lower left corner of the panel, to make room for large dialog balloons with the quote.
Pablo: 'Pedantry and mastery are opposite attitudes towards rules. To apply a rule to the letter, rigidly, unquestioningly, in cases where it fits and in cases where it does not fit, is pedantry.
Pablo 'To apply a rule with natural ease, with judgment, noticing the cases where it fits, and without ever letting the words of the rule obscure the purpose o the action or the opportunities of the situation, is mastery.'
Panel 3
Medium shot of Pablo at his desk.
Pablo: The Belt's case law is pretty clear on a matter like this: Emily must pay all of Anton's direct and indirect losses and expenses.

Panel 4
Waist-up shot of Emily, looking as if she's about to swoon.
Pablo (OP): If that takes fitting her with a track-and-disable collar while she works to pay off the debt, so be it.