
Dear Smarty Pants lawyer, The question is what is the surest way to chaos and tyranny even then was to remove the guardians of independent thinking and the answer is the first thig we do is kill all the lawyers. Whose fault is it that lawyers rate below used car salesmen on the honesty scale. There are many lawyers who do help and who do pro bono work. Most o f you, in thin area particularly, seem to be interested in their hourly rate. I don't see much independent thinking and guardians at BIG LAW in DC. A prize for the best lawyer joke. |
Not the funniest or even the best, but it is on point:
A Brooklyn lawyer named Ernie successfully defends a major crime lord from charges of dealing drugs, racketeering, murder, kidnapping, and selling arms. As he is leaving the courtroom, an indignant old woman grabs him by the arm and says, "Young man, where are your scruples? Isn't there anyone too low for you to defend?" "I don't know," Ernie replies, "What have you done?" |
FYI, I only demean fed workers who are lawyers. |
Here's the thing OP, there are so many on-the-ledge, defensive, eager to spin types here. It is safe to say that many of them are lawyers. Let's face it, lawyers are a dime a dozen (myself included unfortunately), especially in the D.C. area. I don't go around printing the fact that I am a lawyer on my luxury car and I'm not in your face about it. In fact, I'm generally a pleasant, happy person without a sour puss look on my face. But I would have to think that some people make the corellation between percentage of a**holes and percentage of lawyers, as PP cited. If you are happy with yourself, let it go. |
Pretentious. Please. You are adding fuel to the fire. |
There are so damn many of you that statistically, you get most of the bashing.
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SAHM is another. |
Teachers too! |
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Jesus, these lawyers complain about being over worked and having no time for family, yet they spend all day on DCUM. Probably billing clients for their time, too.
People who get bashed more? Federal workers. Nannies. SAHM. Car salesmen. Home Improvement people (contractors, etc). |
I think this is a huge part of it. |
Lawyers never hesitate to tell me "AND I AM A LAWYER" during a minor dispute (traffic, my tenants). OOOOOO I'm scared!! NOT. |
OBs also get a lot of bashing-- especially with the frequent suggestion that they make decisions based more on their own convenience than the well-being of their patients, which I think is absurd. |
OP, et al, everything is so pathetically politically correct now that there are only a few things we can make fun of and joke about and lawyers is no. 1 on the list. Get used to it because it is going to get worse. |
All the lawyers I know are pretty cool. and fun. I didn't even know they were lawyers until months after I had met them. |