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Hawkeye on 01 April 2009
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akuma587 said:
Hawkeye said:

Lawyers have to waste (in terms of earning money) 4 years of their life and $20,000-$100,000 dollars of their money in college. ON top of that, 3 years must be spent in law school, which  is both rigorous and expensive. After that, only the top lawyers make the salary you posted. Being a lawyer is a bit like a torunement; the average pay is $65,000 or so a year. Top lawyers amke hundereds of thousands to millions, but they work 10-12 hour days, which is brutual.

Lawyers deserve every penny they make.

 

People love to criticize lawyers for some reason.  This is in spite of the fact that.

1) Lawyers are the ones who protect you from the government abusing its power.

2) Lawyers are the reason why the food you buy at the store is safe to eat.

3) Lawyers are the reason why products you buy at the store are safer to use.

4) Lawyers are the ones who put criminals in prison.

5) Lawyers are the ones who prevent people from resorting to violence to resolve conflicts.

6) Lawyers are some of the few people who have the knowledge to pass legislation that will actually work and can't be sidestepped by those trying to get around the laws.

7) Lawyers protect people who invent products and create things themselves.

8) Lawyers are the ones who can help remedy intentional discrimination against you that affects your life and your work.

9) Lawyers protect people who have been wrongfully accused of crimes and are a check on police abuse of power.

10) The lawyers who helped write our Constitution are the reason why it works so well to this day.

Man, lawyers just plain suck!  We should get rid of all them!  We should go back to a society where everyone just kills each other when they have a problem.  Lawyers are such a drag on society!

You know what they say,

 

"lawyers are leeches"

"lawyers ad no value to society"

"sharks don't bite lawyers; professional courtesy"

ect

Comments like these cause people to assume that lawyers are evil. A lawyer who goes to my church is one of the nicest guys I know. Many of my neighbors are lawyers, none seem evil.

 

Also, I am apposed to the death penalty.