Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It's really that simple and easy ???? What about all the important issues and who's going to defend it.....there goes human rights, equal employment opportunity, discrimination, handicapped rights......and the most importantly, I cannot pay for a top-dog lawyer to clear me even though I murdered someone ???? Boy that's going to put us back into feudalism, totally barbaric. - --- Allan Wafkowski <allan@sohogurus.net> wrote: > The lawyer is an agent of the court. He or she is an > integral part of > our legal system. If you suffer from that, you can > change it by your > vote. > > Allan > > > On Tuesday, March 26, 2002, at 04:35 PM, John > Brownlow wrote: > > On 3/26/02 3:41 PM, "Austin Franklin" > <darkroom@ix.netcom.com> wrote: > > > >> Yeah, but what does that have to do with lawyers? > Why isn't that > >> about laws > >> and the enforcment there of? > > > > Laws... Lawyers.... Think there might be a > connection?? > > > > The criminal law is 'enforced' by the police, but > civil law which deals > > with > > wrongs rather than crimes is decided by civil > courts. > > > > If you negligently drop a piano on my car, it > isn't a criminal offence, > > but > > I need some form of redress, no? > > > > Unless you think that court cases should be > decided without lawyers, ie > > by > > people who are ignorant of the law, lawyers are a > Very Good Thing IMO. > > > > One might as well insist that everybody mend their > own cars and make all > > their own clothes as insist that people go to law > on their own. > > > > -- > > John Brownlow > > > > http://www.pinkheadedbug.com > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards® http://movies.yahoo.com/ - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html