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bhikkhu 
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 Topic: Lawyers: Are They Evil?
Posted: March 07 2008 at 22:05 |
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stonebeard
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Posted: March 07 2008 at 15:32 |
If they're against you, they're bad; if they're with you, they're your best friend.  And if you argue with them on websites, you'll go f**king crazy. 
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BaldJean
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Posted: March 07 2008 at 15:21 |
this reminds me of a joke: a truck driver had the habit to run over every lawyer he saw. one day he gave a priest who had been standing by the roadside a lift. after they had driven a few miles the truck driver spotted a lawyer and, out of habit, went for running over him, when suddenly he remembered he had a priest aboard, so in the last second he veered to the left. nevertheless he heard a distinguished thud when passing him. "sorry, father" he said to the priest, " I nearly ran over that lawyer there". "yes" replied the priest, "you would have missed him had I not opened the door".
Edited by BaldJean - March 07 2008 at 15:45
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 A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta
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tuxon
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Posted: March 07 2008 at 15:07 |
 Philéas wrote:
Lawyers are neither. They are neutral.
Or they're supposed to be neutral. Some aren't.
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If my lawyer was neutral i would fire him on the spot, i want my lawyers to be on my side. 
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Philéas
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Posted: March 07 2008 at 14:26 |
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Lawyers are neither. They are neutral.
Or they're supposed to be neutral. Some aren't.
Edited by Philéas - March 07 2008 at 14:27
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BroSpence
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Posted: February 24 2008 at 19:40 |
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Corrupt lawyers are yes. People that abuse the legal system are yes.
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Guillermo
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Posted: February 20 2008 at 13:09 |
Some of them, yes! Some of them, no!
Some years ago (5 or 6) in netscape.com (at that time it still was a real important website and their web browsers worked well in most PCs) I read the results of a survey about which professionals were more respected then. The survey was done in the U.S. The results showed that people had a better opinion of Health professionals in the first place. In the last place, the Lawyers had the least positive opinion from the people.
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Avatar: Photo of Solar Eclipse, Mexico City, July 1991. A great experience to see. Maybe once in a lifetime.
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Visitor13
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Posted: February 20 2008 at 12:52 |
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Why is there a 'No'-option in this poll?
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sean
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Posted: February 20 2008 at 11:25 |
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Well, the only one I've ever known was also the worst teacher I've ever had in my life. based on him i wouldn't say they're evil, but merely assholes like someone else said.
also, what do you call a thousand lawyers at the bottom of the sea?
a good start
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el böthy
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Posted: February 20 2008 at 10:58 |
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Evil is not the right term... I think assholes is more like it.
As a sidenote, Im writting a play about lawyers... let´s say he is no Gregory Peck
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"You want me to play what, Robert?"
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: February 20 2008 at 10:15 |
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I think that in order to be a good lawyer you have to be ruthless ... at least to some extent. It may also depend on what you specialize in ... trade/business disputes surely are easier to handle as far as ethical/moral conflicts are concerned than divorces/family disputes etc..
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Wilcey
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Posted: February 20 2008 at 08:20 |
Of course lawyers are not evil!!!!
you get good ones and bad ones, just like plumbers, shop keepers and any other trade!
I guess it depends what side you are on in a law suit also, if you win you think they are great, if you lose you think they are rubbish, but no trade is inherently 'evil' that's just ridiculous!
If you are thinking abou tthe prices they can charge, well as in all things it's market led, if the market accepts £500 an hour then that's what will be charged!
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laplace
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Posted: February 20 2008 at 08:09 |
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No more so than any other type of non-manual labourer. Voted yes ;P
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obiter
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Posted: February 20 2008 at 08:04 |
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Am I evil?
Yes I am!
Or is that just a lyric? What was the question again?
Sorry I was busy putting the finishing touches to my voodoo dolls ... now where is my broomstick?
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An té nach mbíonn láidir ní folláir dó bheith glic
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Moogtron III
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Posted: February 20 2008 at 03:33 |
No! All lawyers are nice.
And that I did law school has nothing to do with it.
Trust me 
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Dim
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Posted: February 19 2008 at 21:13 |
I have a friend who's dad is a lawyer, and hes a very nice guy.
Otherwise, yes!
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: February 19 2008 at 21:12 |
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Well. of course lawyers are evil and they must all be destroyed! Was it Shakespeare who said "First kill all the lawyers"? But then the pay is good. Don't become a paralegal though. The do all the hard work. My wife was one and is switching to cooking.
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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micky
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Posted: February 19 2008 at 21:09 |
Tuzvihar wrote:
Wait till Ivan sees this thread...
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I have only one fear in life... one and only one... f**king up...going to court...and seeing the opposing lawyer is ..yep. Ivan. karma is a bitch
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The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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Scapler
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Posted: February 19 2008 at 20:34 |
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Bassists are deadly
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Tuzvihar
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Posted: February 19 2008 at 17:53 |
Shakespeare wrote:
What does a lawyer and a sperm cell have in common?
They both have a 1 in 3 Billion chance of becoming a human being.
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"Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent."
Charles Bukowski
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