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Forum: Current Events 05-14-2009, 11:00 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 7,215
Posted By All-American
So base decisions on what you'll be doing most...

So base decisions on what you'll be doing most hours of the day. I can buy that.
Forum: Current Events 05-14-2009, 09:59 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 7,215
Posted By All-American
I never said I was offended. I said you were...

I never said I was offended. I said you were going out of your way to be rude and insulting. That doesn't make for constructive dialogue.

You say you should have said less. I wish you would have...
Forum: Current Events 05-14-2009, 06:08 AM
Replies: 54
Views: 7,215
Posted By All-American
Luckily, law is the only field where somebody...

Luckily, law is the only field where somebody takes advantage of another.

I'm going to NYU law.
Forum: Current Events 05-14-2009, 01:54 AM
Replies: 54
Views: 7,215
Posted By All-American
Mike, lawyers go into law because there is money...

Mike, lawyers go into law because there is money in law. The less money there is in law, the less lawyers would be willing to go into law. That's law of supply. There's money in law because there is...
Forum: Current Events 05-13-2009, 08:50 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 7,215
Posted By All-American
I concede on both counts, particularly the...

I concede on both counts, particularly the latter.



So far, the only positions you've taken is that there are too many lawyers, that they are overvalued, and that I am a naive imbecile. I may...
Forum: Current Events 05-13-2009, 08:16 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 7,215
Posted By All-American
A lawyer does not necessarily have to win to get...

A lawyer does not necessarily have to win to get paid, no, but a client has to win, or settle, to get paid. And if the odds are stacked against him winning or settling, he's not likely to hire a...
Forum: Current Events 05-13-2009, 08:14 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 7,215
Posted By All-American
And you maintain that this alone entirely...

And you maintain that this alone entirely accounts for the hyper-inflated number of lawyers and their outrageously excessive salaries? What of the appreciable number of lawyers who have nothing to do...
Forum: Current Events 05-13-2009, 07:55 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 7,215
Posted By All-American
Sure, and they can be disbarred for frivolous...

Sure, and they can be disbarred for frivolous lawsuits.

But the act of suing somebody in and of itself isn't going to net long term profits, either. Ultimately, the only way you can make money by...
Forum: Current Events 05-13-2009, 07:43 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 7,215
Posted By All-American
Of course I do. But at least I realize that. ...

Of course I do. But at least I realize that.

So, being unlearned as I am, I am anxious to hear why lawyers (and doctors, for that matter) enter their fields if not for the profits they anticipate...
Forum: Current Events 05-13-2009, 07:27 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 7,215
Posted By All-American
A doctor saying there are too many lawyers is...

A doctor saying there are too many lawyers is like a fly saying there are too many spiders.

How does one determine that there are too many lawyers? Or that they are overvalued? Typically, these...
Forum: Current Events 05-13-2009, 07:09 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 7,215
Posted By All-American
And lawyers help create and maintain a society...

And lawyers help create and maintain a society wherein Doctors and engineers can practice their craft.

There's nothing wrong with the concept of interdependence.

And didn't Obama get his JD...
Forum: Current Events 05-13-2009, 04:23 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 7,215
Posted By All-American
Very hefty cost, yes. There is the loan repayment...

Very hefty cost, yes. There is the loan repayment assistance program if you want to get a job that's better for the soul than the pocketbook, though. The financial incentive is still to go with the...
Forum: Current Events 05-13-2009, 05:50 AM
Replies: 54
Views: 7,215
Posted By All-American
Most doctors I've met despise lawyers.

Most doctors I've met despise lawyers.
Forum: Current Events 05-12-2009, 06:31 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 7,215
Posted By All-American
So what's the argument? Diminishing chronological...

So what's the argument? Diminishing chronological proximity to Waters has a negative effect on one's intellectual prowess?
Forum: Current Events 05-11-2009, 08:36 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 7,215
Posted By All-American
Hear, hear.

Hear, hear.
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