I hate lawyers and hears why

[bigdarryl]

Assad Sulerman sitting on tv talking to Rita Crosby with his fucking lawyer making excuses for assaulting a tv reporter saying its all the reporters fault that he got his ass kicked by this jerk.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. What an excellent reason for hating ALL lawyers.

[Maddy McCall]

2. Why is that the lawyer's fault?

The guy is facing some pretty serious charges (as he should), but he still is entitled to legal representation.

:shrug:

[WilliamPitt]

3. Awesome

My mother, father, uncle, grandfather, great-grandfather and several good friends are/were lawyers.

My father worked in local government for decades prosecuting criminals.

My mother worked for local government for decades as well.

My grandfather worked for 60 years to clear the name of Husband Kimmell, who was unjustly scapegoated for Pearl Harbor.

My great-grandfather was chief justice of the Massachusetts state supreme court.

So there are a few lawyers who have dedicated a portion, if not all, of their careers to serving the public good.

As far as the defense attorneys arguing vociferously for their clients, I say thank God. It's an adversarial system, and the more guys out there beating the crap out of the prosecution lessens the likelihood of innocent people going to jail. It ain't perfect, but it's the best system 30,000 years of societal development has come up with.

Everyone hates lawyers...until they need one.

[Lex]

6. You're right, Will.

One quibble though. You say there a few lawyers who have dedicated a portion, if not all, of their caeers to serving the public good. I think there have been many. And they are usually the ones that you never see on Rita Cosby, that's for certain.

[WilliamPitt]

7. I was referring to my family members

[Lex]

10. Oh, sorry, I thought you might be making a larger point

about good lawyers in general and not just your own family members.

[MurrayDelph]

26. You're luckier than I am

I have two lawyers in my family; one is a decent-enough guy and the other is a waste
of air (Guess which one sued me, and which one defended).

"If it were not for lawyers, we wouldn't need them." -- AKGriffin

[Maine-ah]

4. everyone hates the lawyers until you need one.

eh...to each his own I guess....

[treestar]

5. OK when you get arrested next, don't call one.

If you get a divorce, handle it yourself.

Good luck.

[bigdarryl]

11. I wont get arrested because i do the arresting

I am a Correction Officer so that wont apply with med.

[treestar]

14. Umm, did you know you are not above the law?

You can get arrested. There is nothing about being a corrections officer that makes you immune.

If you believe it is because you would not commit a crime, did you know it is possible to be accused of a crime you didn't do?

Would you prefer a police state? You get to arrest 'em and lock 'em up and no one able to question it?

[Der Blaue Engel]

18. Correction: that's "Correction Officer" not "corrections officer"

I think it must be some new, exciting career in the copy editing field, and I'm looking for an application right this minute! :D

[Der Blaue Engel]

15. Wow, a "Correction Officer" = above the law!

How cool is that?? What a great job! How do I sign up to be a "Correction Officer"?

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

19. I Hate Correction Officers. They Beat And Torture Inmates For Kicks.

(Hey, hope you enjoy that broad brush generalization just as much)

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

23. Oh, and not just them! I hate doctors because they commit malpractice.

I hate drivers because they have accidents. I hate musicians because they play wrong notes. I hate waiters because they spill food on me.

[Kingshakabobo]

27. So, who defends you against an inmate's "frivoulous".........

......lawsuit? Do you call a plumber?

[me b zola]

32. They really do need to do better screening for authoritarian personalities

I really enjoy when people with your attitudes like yours has their karma bite them in the ass.

[Warren DeMontague]

8. ...because they can spell? nt

[Jersey Devil]

9. Nonsense! Lawyers are the best people in the world

and I do not hesitate to say that even if I am one myself! :)

[Wonk]

12. I dislike people who regularly type homophones without realizing it.

[Der Blaue Engel]

13. .

:rofl: :spank: :rofl:

[bluestateguy]

16. I think people hate lawyers because they are complexifiers

Overintellectualizers, technocrats who sometimes seem to come up with elaborate alternate explanations to what seems like good old-fashioned American common sense to the rest of us.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

17. I Hate Blatant Spelling Errors In Thread Titles Followed By Narrow Minded

generalized broad brush sentiments.

[ms liberty]

20. So you hate the founding fathers?

The majority of the founding fathers were lawyers, you know. That would be why we "are a nation of laws, not men."

The Constitution and the Bill of Rights are at their core, legal documents. Those legal documents guarantee that each and every one of us has the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The right to be represented at trial, to be tried by a jury of our peers, to be safe from government intrusion into our homes without probable cause in the form of a warrant from an impartial judge. And many other rights, including the right to be considered innocent in the eyes of the law until proven guilty in a court of law. These are fundamental to our freedom and our liberty.

Sure, the guy was caught on tape kicking and beating someone without provocation. But in America, his right to be represented by an attorney is inviolable. Sure the guy's an asshole. But in protecting HIS rights, we protect our own.

[acmejack]

21. Wasn't that guy Greiner at Abu Ghraib a Correction Officer?

In his civilian life? He sure as hell needed a lawyer! Didn't help him much...

[likesmountains 52]

22. Oh my...

[JackBeck]

24. I'm sure bigdarryl is a big fan od the ACLU.

But why stop there? Hate the Constitution and every citizen's right to fair representation established by Constitution.

[blondeatlast]

25. I hate people who watch Rita Cosby and don't spell well.

Actually, I don't, but it makes about as much sense as this wacky orignial post.

Thanks, BD, but no thanks.

[wellstone dem]

28. Go sit in a legal aid office for a day

and you will see the value of lawyers and the good they do.

[Jacobin]

29. That would be 'here's'

'hear' involves listening

[TexasLawyer]

30. here's a lawyer not to hate

And there are many others out there working for democracy, fairness, traditional American ideals and the common man. I count myself among the good ones too, of course.

http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Election_lawyer_to_file_legal_contest_0731.html

[demosincebirth]

31. I bet many of us have a good lawyer story

I don't mean funny ones either.