Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is infact caused by what I call founding fatherism or framerism for short. It's what happens when a group of _____ get together to write a constitution with a view towards making it sound more like a gospel so that later generations of legal zealots can run around preaching their own interpretation of what the founders meant. It's very silly when you think about it and it's what makes the US constitution unexportable thankfully. Regards Javier Intemittenmt LUG member since 1998 and not one on-topic post yet! Austin Franklin wrote: > > Hi Dante, > > > 2. The suggestion (which has even popped up in this thread) that "I don't > > need a lawyer; I can read," (i.e., lawyers perform no societal > > function) is > > absurd. > > The need for lawyers (in a grand sense) is because of the, in my opinion, > over complexity of our laws. This need is, in a large sense, self made, > since, for the most part, lawyers write the laws. Unlike the need for > doctors, who do not make up the illnesses. I am in no way suggesting that > lawyers can't and don't serve a very useful function...but the need is WAY > to overbearing, in my opinion. A somewhat intelligent person should be able > to take care of %99 of the legal issues one needs to take care of. > > > The proliferation of personal-injury lawyers is a testament to > > society's utter lack of self-reliance and dependence on others to > > absolve it > > of its own carelessness. > > If there weren't so many personal injury lawyers looking for personal injury > cases, I don't believe there would be so many personal injury cases. Some > personal injury cases are entirely legitimate, but a large number of the > ones I hear about (and know first hand) are just absurd, and would not go > anywhere unless some unscrupulous lawyer got involved. The sad part is, > these lawyers get companies to pay up, though their claims are a joke, > because the cost of litigating, and the POTENTIAL for large awards is there. > > This was in no way meant to offend anyone, but is simply my personal view on > the subject. > > Austin > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- http://63.164.201.182/ _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html