I was in a courtroom some years ago. I’m not an attorney so thankfully being in a courtroom doesn’t happen very often for me.

In the proceedings the witnesses were only allowed to specifically answer the questions. They could not elaborate. In fact, the witnesses were chastised by the judge if they did try to elaborate.

The effect? At the end of the proceedings, it seemed to me most of the facts were presented but the situation was not really understood. The judge missed the true narrative of the story with his rules. To understand the story and make a good ruling, the judge needed to understand more than just the facts of the story. He needed to hear what was behind the facts, the why of the facts, and the motivations of the parties. It made me glad I didn’t go to law school.

Of course

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