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Michael Bishop's avatar

They lose, they get paid, they don’t care. They play public golf with judges on Saturdays early and They both just laugh. Internally. They give themselves putts and lie about their scores too. They are soulless grifters feeding off the backs of the machine much like a crustacean on a whale.

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Brian M's avatar

The attorneys I know, and I am friends with a bunch, are all highly competitive and they do not like to lose. Generally, in tort cases, they make a lot more by winning than losing. I don't know any public defenders. I do also know some judges, including a high school buddy who is on the Oregon Court of Appeals and the DC judge who tried the Chauvin case in Minneapolis. These are all good people who are interested in the law and fairness, first, and being buddies with some attorney a distant second. I don't buy into the cynicism.

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Michael Bishop's avatar

Chauvinism at its finest I

Say! Here, here. Drink from the cup of inequity all you like because your money is no good Mr. Torrence. I too knew honorable men who sucked at golf and thought soccer was a good sport also. Lawyers are the bane of human existence. They are ruthless to the core. Judges are paper pushers for the most part. Just lifetime witnesses like myself and you too.

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Chuck's avatar

That's not been my experience. So, I can say with good authority that you are just flat out wrong in your all encompassing generalization of Attorneys. Maybe you need to grow a beard, live off the grid in Montana, and write a manifesto.

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Brian M's avatar

I imagine the leadership at OSU and WSU and all their fans, me included, are happy for lawyers and courts. If it was just rule of the majority (also called "mob rule"), which is the alternative, they would be screwed.

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Chuck's avatar

It depends to a great degree on how you define who gets to vote. Which coincidentally is what this case is about.

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The Real Rich's avatar

Montanans would prefer Oregonians, Californians and Washingtonians would grow their beards in their own states and leave Montana alone.

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Casey H.'s avatar

One revealing word comes to mind when I read unhinged, unbalanced, strident comments like this: projection. Take that beam out of your own eye first then you can see clearly to address the mote in my eye (also an attorney).

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Michael Bishop's avatar

Spoken like a true lawyer I say!

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