We have all heard of the "long arm of the law"—that metaphorical limb that can reach around corners, across state lines, and into the darkest hiding places to drag a fugitive back to the dock.
But he cannot outrun the long tongue.
Or think of the Nuremberg Trials (1945-46). The Allied powers could have simply shot the Nazi leadership. Instead, they used the long tongue of the law: months of testimony, documents read aloud, and a final judgment that called the Holocaust "the most horrible crime in human history." The tongue labeled them, shamed them, and wrote their infamy into eternity. Of course, the long tongue is not infallible. Sometimes it stutters. Sometimes it is bribed into silence. the long tong of the law
So, the next time you watch a legal drama, do not watch for the handcuffs. Watch for the moment the lawyer leans into the microphone, pauses, and asks the fatal question. We have all heard of the "long arm
Because an arm grabs your body, but a tongue grabs your legacy. A fugitive can run from the long arm. He can cut off an ankle monitor. He can flee to a country without extradition. The Allied powers could have simply shot the Nazi leadership
That is the long tongue of the law.