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09-14-2006, 01:36 PM
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dar512 is now Pete Zicato
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Lawyers are people?
Who knew?
Slashdot has a net interview of lawyers who help defend people against the RIAA. But the thing that really made me stop was this Q&A: Quote:
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09-14-2006, 03:56 PM
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Goon Squad Leader
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09-14-2006, 07:10 PM
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Cardigan-wearing man
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shouldn't this have been a poll?
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09-14-2006, 09:52 PM
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The future is unwritten
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"Lawyers" covers a lot of ground. There are lawyers that never see a courtroom, but sit in an office all day crossing T's and dotting I's, to make your world more orderly, predictable, less hassle.
There are lawyers that use the law, and it's many convoluted paths, to cheat and steal from widows, orphans and charities. The rest are spread out in between....just like real people. 
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09-14-2006, 09:54 PM
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When Do I Get Virtual Unreality?
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My wife works for lawyers...hopelessly disorganized, seriously human, lawyers. Their clients are largely hopelessly disorganized, somewhat marginally mafioso entrepreneurs. Makes for some interesting conversations.
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09-14-2006, 10:21 PM
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Don't look at me!
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My friend's going to be a lawyer once she gets out of law school. I just can't see her as the bloodsucking sort.
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09-14-2006, 10:26 PM
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We need more pro bono in the world.
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09-15-2006, 12:34 AM
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Okay, not quite. Sometimes the virus mutates, the newly minted lawyer becomes a Public Defender, and they just get jaded and bitter.
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09-15-2006, 02:42 AM
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09-15-2006, 10:03 AM
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The first thing we do, lets kill the lawyers. (W.Shakespeare)
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09-15-2006, 10:58 PM
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Don't look at me!
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09-15-2006, 11:08 PM
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wasn't there a cellarite a while back who was just finishing law school at U of Illinois, or something like that? maybe she could give some insight as to how the virus first began to take over her life... if she was still here.
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09-15-2006, 11:31 PM
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UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION
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It was melidasaur, I believe.
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09-16-2006, 09:26 AM
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Makes some feel uncomfortable
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You hate a lawyer until the rich guy in the mercedes decides he doesn't have to stop at a stop sign and plows into you and puts you out of work and you can't pay the mortgage. Or the factory near you contaminates your drinking water. Or your kid's school implements the policy of mandatory Islamic prayer in schools. Or something like that happens to you. And after they help you, they defend a murderer or big company, and become hated again.
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09-16-2006, 02:27 PM
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The future is unwritten
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But the other side of the coin is the lawyers and politicians, of whom most are lawyers, have created a legal system that defies common sense and is so convoluted, you can't do anything without them.
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