Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Are we talking about lawyer using Leicas here? Got lost a lonnnnnnnnng time ago. Chris Williams New Orleans www.zoeicaimages.com From: "(SonC) Sonny Carter" > Whew, Dante, don't be so hard on the King of Siam! > > > From: <dante@umich.edu> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Uh.... earth to wannabe lawyers > > > </begin tirade> > > > > The constant attacks here on lawyers (and sometimes doctors and dentists) > is > > unwarranted and frankly, inexcusable. It's time for some people here to > > grow up. > > > > 1. The suggestion that lawyers are responsible for acrimony here is > absurd. > > Some of the most litigious people on this group are not doctors, lawyers > or > > dentists. In fact *the* most litigious people here seem to be > photographers > > and digital processing people. Marc Small and others squaring off in > grand > > fashion is not the norm, but the exception. > > > > 2. The suggestion (which has even popped up in this thread) that "I don't > > need a lawyer; I can read," (i.e., lawyers perform no societal function) > is > > absurd. The proliferation of personal-injury lawyers is a testament to > > society's utter lack of self-reliance and dependence on others to absolve > it > > of its own carelessness. Similarly, people like me who do commercial work > > know that many, many people (including a large number of photogs) who set > > out on business expeditions often fail to organize their affairs properly > > and end up getting screwed. This happens despite self-assurances they know > > what they are doing. Then they call us to bail them out. Just like you > > call a doctor to bail yourself out of your bad eating habits or a dentist > to > > bail yourself out of poor dental hygiene. > > > > 3. I was not raised to make fun of people for who they are, their race, > > religion, or what they do. I have not observed the doctors, dentists and > > lawyers here ridiculing professional photographers. I don't expect that > > photographers (or people purporting to be them) should attack other groups > > of people who work for a living. Anyone who thinks that doctors, dentists > > and lawyers don't work should visit an emergency room, an oral surgery, or > > my office at 11pm on a Tuesday. Everyone has their own job. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html