My best friend's father is a lawyer. He is a great person, with a HUGE heart for his community, his friends, and his family. But when it come to his profession, he ahs emntioned to me personally that he does "whatever it takes". It is impossible IMO to be a lawyer (at least a good one) without fitting into the stereotype sometimes. The laws of our United States of America were written vaguely for a reason. take say...the constitution for example. it was written over 200 years ago....how could they possibly know what types of needs and wants-both politically and socially- we would have today? Allthey had was the foresight to make sure laws were vague enough to be adapted to any social situation. laws are vague to protect the innocent. and the mostly innocent. and-unfortunately-sometimes the guilty. they were written to prevent tyranny. they were written to give us the freedoms we enjoy today. they were written by some of the 'best' lawyers. they may not have had the best profession in the world-and they may not have always been truthful-but they are good people. this applies to every profession. so i believe this 'lawyer bashing' isnt about bashing poeple who are lawyers, but ratehr the mentality it refers to. i believe FIRST is right in their want for us to avoid this mentality. it is the main reason that so many flags are being thrown. (ie, i wasnt hurting anyone in that corral-no you werent, but you WERE in it). They are promoting healthy PROFESSIONAL attitudes,because they know that we are all good people privately (we hope
