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Originally Posted by KenWittlief
why is it wrong for me to agree that to a large extent lawyers have earned a negative reputation (in general, in society as a whole)
but its ok for people to generalize what I have said in this thread and label me as a poor role model now?
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I sure hope no one thinks you "a poor role model" -- I'm quite sure it couldn't be farther from the truth! Some people just don't like the idea of generalizations for whatever reason ... but I do agree with you that lawyers have a bad reputation, and some of them deserve it (and more)! But a lot of it, all the technicalities and such, have their place; even though someone disagrees with another, he still has his rights until proven guilty following due process of law. I can't claim to make any statement as to how many lawyers might be good and how many bad (for one "good" and "bad" aren't so easy to define, and it just so happens I'm not yet surrounded by lawyers) -- my point is just that some of what makes people angry at lawyers is completely necessary in our justice system.
I wouldn't go so far as others, though, to say to stop all this lawyer bashing -- just to keep it in perspective. I for one don't want to lose a valuable source of humor
And to re-iterate what I said earlier ... no one ought to think you a poor role model for this discourse -- offering your opinion candidly for all to see (despite apparent disagreement from many) is certainly nothing to be considered poor role modeling! Oy, is it just me or is this thread beginning to get crazy? I make a motion for a gag order! (Just kidding ...)