True. But that is a simple truth. The UN, EU, ICC, US State Department and the like have a big problem with simple truths. Lin Yutang says why. Read Between Tears and Laughter, Doubleday, 1940, and you will get a goodly dose of simple truths that you will like.
dear Eleu,
I, yes I, me, this ol’ geezer, was a government wonk, so yes, i know how voluminous simple things can get when in the hands of bureaucrats that have to display their collegiate language skills ... (I have been writing since the age of 8), I used to write the darn reg’s and manuals.
Thank you for the reference to that piece of literature, though.