tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7134426939317570079.post2826701169269512276..comments2012-11-10T14:36:10.538-08:00Comments on The Weekend Scrub: Lawyers Suck.Dafyddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08853944925318750236noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7134426939317570079.post-14409123069426602352010-05-27T13:02:47.575-07:002010-05-27T13:02:47.575-07:00You're such a cynic. Yes, I agree that these p...You're such a cynic. Yes, I agree that <i>these particular lawyers</i> and <i>this particular EMT</i> suck. Both are motivated by greed.<br /><br />But not all lawyers suck. Lawyers are an integral part of our system of law and our system of law--even with all its faults--is still one that saves lives. Lawyers--the good ones, the ones you'll never hear of--protect you in so many ways it's ridiculous. Lawyers can and do enable very small, over-powered entities to rightfully win grievances against much more powerful interests using not insurrection or plain old violence but the law.<br /><br />The oil spill is a perfect example. BP NEEDS to feel the pain and they need to feel it in a very public way in front of all their peers. How do you get them to feel the pain? Two options: through the media or through the law. And since the media is a failed estate (yuck yuck) and since our legislators are a bunch of PR whores on LSD, the only way the Oil companies are going to get the message is if lawyers all over the coast sue them into the dark ages. It's the only way to truly punish a corporation.<br /><br />Let me emphasize that I know you have respect for the law. I'm not suggesting you don't. I just know that sometimes it's easy to get caught up in populist faux-outrage and group all lawyers with those who give the profession a bad name.<br /><br />Case in point? I was mad at Wal-Mart for a long time. Didn't really now why. And I've since found that I'm not really all that angry with Wal-Mart. I don't particularly care for them but I don't they're any worse than any other Fortune 500 company when it comes to the corporate virtue of thinking dollars before sense (yuck yuck).Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01060361680987699237noreply@blogger.com