Back in the day, when I worked with engineers and scientists, necessity and sufficiency were unspoken requirements. Nowadays, it seems one wins friends and favor by multiplying words. In that light, Asheville City Council will be considering a civil liberties resolution. It restates the city’s intention to uphold existing law. Furthermore, the resolution takes the route of winning voting blocs by singling them out, but makes the fatal flaw of exempting classes that fall between the cracks. For example, if an officer hates people with big noses, he can still harass me. Actually, beyond the risk-aversive tack of raising awareness, the resolution does nothing to further prevent officers from abusing protected classes, as it only shakes its finger at profiling and discrimination, but lists no consequences. The resolution assumes us ignoramuses who don’t have time to read the body of existing law will magically find time to read additions thereto, and that we can crack down on those who have no intention of honoring the law by giving them more to read, too.