Res ipsa loquitur (Ed. spelling corrected) is a Latin phrase that names a legal doctrine in the law of torts that allows plaintiffs to satisfy their burden of proof by claiming that the evidence already presented or the facts accepted by the parties in litigation meet the burden of proof even if their is no direct evidence that the defendant acted wrongfully. It is often translated in English as "the thing speaks for itself."
What follows are a series of bumper stickers I've seen around the country at various times. For the most part, they don't require any comment from me. Follow me below the orange squiggle to take a gander at what some of our fellow Americans consider positively, absolutely necessary messages to put on their cars or trucks - for your benefit, of course.
This next one needs a little explanation. Governor Cuomo and the NY legislature passed a series of laws in 2013 known as the NY SAFE Act. So I see a lot of these in my neck of the woods:
Now for some more "friendly" messages I've come across traveling the highways and byways of various states in which I've recently traveled. I think they were trying to educate me about proper driving etiquette:
These people have issues with the "Common Core" educational standards is my guess:
This one is for the deer:
I find the next one more than a bit ironic:
Here's to "Family values."
I especially like this one:
Here is someone playing the race card, perhaps?
The next one is apparently based on the (likely apocryphal) saying attributed to Leonidas of Sparta when the Persians offered to let him and his soldiers live if they would lay down their arms at the Battle of Thermopylae. It seems to have become a very popular rallying cry for all sorts of "upstanding people" these days who have some differences of opinion about the meaning of the Constitution.
Well I could post more of these, but I think this last one sums up the general attitude of the good folks who find a bumper sticker the best way to convey their free speech views regarding their guns: