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A tax preparation company automatically adds the following disclaimer to every e-mail message sent to its clients: "Any tax advice in this e-mail should not be construed as advocating any violation of the provisions of the tax code." The only purpose this disclaimer could serve is to provide legal protection for the company. ███ ██ ███ ██████ █████████ ████████ ████ ███ ██████ ██ █████████ ████████ ████ ███ ██████████ ██████ ██ █████ ███████████ ██ ███ ██████████ ██████ ██ ████████
Summary
The author concludes that the e-mail disclaimer serves no purpose. This is based on the following:
The only purpose of the disclaimer is to provide legal protection for the company.
If the e-mail in which the disclaimer appears suggests that the client do something illegal, then the disclaimer offers no legal protection.
Missing Connection
We know that if the e-mail suggests that people do something illegal, the disclaimer won’t serve its purpose. But what if the e-mail does NOT suggest that people do something illegal? Couldn’t the disclaimer still serve a purpose in this situation? To make the argument valid, we want to establish that if the e-mail doesn’t suggest doing something illegal, the disclaimer still doesn’t serve the purpose of providing legal protection.
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a
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b
If e-mail messages ████ ██ ███ ███ ███████████ ███████ ██ █████████ ███████ ████ ███ █████████ ██ █████████ ████████ ████ ███ ███████ █████ ██ ███████ ██ ███████████ ██████████
c
A disclaimer that ██ ████████ ██ █████ ██████ ███████ ████ ██ █ ███████ ████ ████ ██ ██ ███████ ██ ██████████ ███ ████ ███████ ████████ ████ ███████ ████ ████ ████████
d
At least some ██ ███ ██████████ ██ ███ █████████ ███████ ████ ██████ ███ ██████ █████████ ██ ███ ████ ██ ██ █████ ████ ██ ███ ███████ ████ ████████
e
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