Re: [Leica] Shame on You All, and Kindly, Lay Off!

["Roland Smith" <roland@dnai.com>]

I applaud your comment.
Roland Smith
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From: <DonjR43198@aol.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2000 10:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Shame on You All, and Kindly, Lay Off!


> In a message dated 3/25/00 8:38:14 PM Central Standard Time,
> bcaldwell@softcom.net writes:
>
> << wyer who
>  doesn't mind. This is the "my best friend is one" reaction. Think about
the
>  effect of your words before you post them in a public forum. As Marc
said,
>  shame on you.
>
>  Getting off my high horse,
>
>  Bryan
>   >>
> No wonder the public looks upon us as a bunch of pompous asses if lawyers
> really do think they are the chosen few and should be placed on a
pedestal!
> Don't forget, we are just a commercial enterprise that monopolizes the
yellow
> pages like the taxicabs and other hucksters.
>
> Just because we went to law school does not mean we deserve anymore
respect
> than the next person.  Each lawyer must earn respect and telling others
what
> they should or should not post isn't going to have that effect.  That's
just
> the old "political correctness" racket that most have caught onto and are
> sick and tired of hearing and reading such nonsense.  God forbid the day
when
> each of us has to obey the rules established by someone else regarding
what
> we think and say.  Reminds me of the new definition of a bigot: "anyone
who
> thinks differently than I do."
>
> Maybe it is the lawyers on the LUG that have been intolerant of the
remarks,
> comments and thoughts of the others.  Although freedom of speech is a
dying
> concept, lawyers should do their best to defend it.
>
>
>
>