Tied up in nots

SURELY you’ve tied yourself in a (k)not with the editorial headline on the McBrearty scandal, “No Garda should not be above law.” (Irish Examiner, June 11).

Tied up in nots
Sat, 18 Jun, 2005 - 01:00

When untied (ie, remove the double negative), this would seem to mean “Garda should be above law.”

Whose side are you on?

John Kinsella

7 Marley Rise

Rathfarnham

Dublin 16

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