Originally Posted by Vegaslegal

You ask for rebuttals. I agree that lawyers tend to control everything. They speak in tongues the average Joe cannot comprehend. They control commerce and government, and make obscene amounts of money. They are so presumptious that as a hobby they may even collect cars while others have to take the bus. At a coctail party they regale collections of mere mortals with esoteric knowledge of legal intricacies that leave the unwashed in a stupor. So in rebuttal, let me say this. It is good to be King--neener, neener, neener.

That was obviously tongue-in-cheek [maybe]. As a serious rebuttal some of us stand as bulwarks against tyrany. I, for example, am a nationally recognized civil rights attorney defending innocent persons against overreaching government. I donate hundreds of hours a year to defending innocent individuals against unjust criminal charges brought for purposes of intimidation or revenge, and in protection of First Amendment rights. A publisher bought a book I wrote on the subect and published it ["Beat the Players," Pi Yee Press, 2006]. It has sold thousands of copies instructing people how to protect themselves against corporate security and police overreaching, and gained must buy reviews in the Chicago Tribune and Detroit News, as well as a half-page spread in USA today.

So when your son gets picked up and charged for planted cocaine because he's dating the sheriff's daughter and the sheriff he does not like your son, call a butcher. Your son might rot in jail, but at least you'll have short ribs for supper.