To the Editor:
While I do not choose to comment substantively on Tracy Ford’s opinion (Oct. 25), the letter from George Carlo in response thereto gives me a very negative reaction. Let me say at the outset that I have no conflict of interest on this subject-I am no longer working in the wireless industry. However, I have had substantial industry experience as associate director of The European Wireless Institute and as consultant in the United States and Canada as a combination RF engineer and lawyer.
What I find appalling about the Carlo letter is his over-abundant use of rhetorical questions which seek to implant unproved postulates as strong conclusions. If I may add to the age-old sardonic humor of the legal profession: “If the facts are against you, argue the law. If the law is against you, argue the facts. If both the law and the facts are against you, appeal to sentiments. If the law, the facts and sentiments are against you, ask rhetorical questions.”
If that’s all he has to say, no wonder the industry has turned its collective back on him.
Brian B. Turner, Ph.D., J.D.
Member, New York State Bar
