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At common law, property owners generally owe no duty of care to trespassers, and thus cannot be sued in tort for negligence if a trespasser injures himself or herself on the owner’s property.  One of the well-travelled exceptions to this rule is a doctrine known as the attractive nuisance.  Under this doctrine, a property owner can be liable for injuries to child trespassers caused by hazardous conditions on the property that are likely to attract youngsters unable to appreciate the danger.  The classic example of an attractive nuisance is the unfenced, uncovered, unattended backyard swimming pool. 

As wordplay, the turn of phrase implies a kind of charming vexatiousness – playfully skewering sacred cows, particularly in this, the Age of Obama.  That’s the tone I’m striving for, and I hope visitors enjoy it.