The danger of ignoring intent is that a literal reading of a text can lead to clearly absurd results. As Richard Posner has argued (The New Republic, August 24, 2012): What if a statute said “no person may bring a vehicle into the park.” Would that apply to ambulances?

The danger of ignoring intent is that a literal reading of a text can lead to clearly absurd results. As Richard Posner has argued (The New Republic, August 24, 2012): What if a statute said “no person may bring a vehicle into the park.” Would that apply to ambulances?