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i'm not 'getting it' from anywhere these days.. i think i need to talk to my wife about that??

bigjohn

Cap'n Pickard

Let a thousand flowers bloom. Can't we respect dissenting opinions here and all just get along?

Personally, I think the insurance companies have done a wonderful job conditioning the public consciousness to view lawyers with disrespect. Folks revile lawyers until they need one, and then if they're lucky, they'll get one to whom they can turn in times of trouble.

Our system of civil and tort law puts a monetary value on injuries. Many folks think that value is too high when someone else is injured, and almost universally believe it to be too low when it comes to their injuries.

Our system is imperfect, but it beats the heck out of the alternatives. The legal system provides a fair process if not always a fair outcome - far better than solving disputes by picking up sticks and AK47s.

So, Cap'n Pickard, keep up the good work, after all, like the good judge in Alabama has noted, our system is based on a few venerable tenets, thou shall not steal, thou shall not kill, thou shall not bear false witness, and for those of you who have drooled over the pictures of my Mapleshade Clearview Double Golden Helix Plus speaker wires, thou shall not covet.

Is this thread real, or did I miss an inside joke?

snippy- its real.. go read some of the posts in the other threads and get yourself up to speed..

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Our system is imperfect, but it beats the heck out of the alternatives. The legal system provides a fair process if not always a fair outcome - far better than solving disputes by picking up sticks and AK47s

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there lies the problem.. the 'system' is more imperfect, than perfect. and the common man has lost all hope in the ability of the justice system, on all levels, to provide a "fair process". and as far as "not always a fair outcome", thats a joke. OJ goes free, Jayson Williams essentially gets off, and a woman gets 10 million dollars for spilling coffee on herself??


jurors are held to a confusing mess of legal terms and judicial ramblings, that its almost impossible for them to decifer what matters.. THE EVIDENCE..

i am sure pickard is just a regular guy, i got no probs with him.. but the american judicial system, IT SUCKS..

bigjohn

Ah yes John, but it sucks less than most!! Don't like it? Move to China for a while. I'm sure you'll have a whole new appreciation for it then.

Oh No!!! Not China!!!

Mark

(Donning flame retardant skivvies)

I've got to stay mostly out of this one... the fiancee is a lawyer, all I can say is from what I've seen - like every other segment of the population - there are good and bad. The problem is it seems that the most deceitful end up in the highest ranks.

Bren R.

bren makes a good point.. its only the high profile cases that make the news.. but when you hear about those, you gotta wonder, "what the hell were those people thinkin?"

real80- i love america, but i dont necessarily love everything about it. i will stay right here, but thanks for asking!!

bigjohn

if you notice,the threads with arguments and name calling get the most views and posts,i find them entertaining also....face it,deep down we all like to watch jerry springer...........................yes you do...ron

Is good ole Jer still on the ole boob toob?