Re: [Leica] A Land Without Lawyers

["Don" <don.ro@verizon.net>]

B.D.
It is wonderful that money and "keeping them honest" coincide so there
is fun and profit going after the crooks like the tobacco moguls, Enron
skunks, and the Anderson ghouls.

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 3:18 PM
Subject: RE: [Leica] A Land Without Lawyers


> No S#*T!! :-)
>
> So what you're really saying is that PR people are the saviors of the
> universe - and thanks very much, I'll accept the title! ;-)
>
> BTW - I am still giggling at the claim, posited a few posts back, that
> plaintiff's attorneys are suing corporations and various miscreants to
"keep
> them honest." While there are a handful of plaintiff's attorneys for
whom
> "keep(ing) them honest" is their motivation, I would suggest that the
> prospect of making money is the motivating factor for the vast
majority of
> plaintiff's attorneys. Not that there's anything wrong with wanting to
make
> money - or succeeding at it.:-)
>
> B. D.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Austin
> Franklin
> Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 4:45 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: RE: [Leica] A Land Without Lawyers
>
>
>
> > ...and most of the important labor
> > legislation
> > came about because of the efforts of citizen reformers and crusading
> > journalists, NOT lawyers - who were the hired guns attempting to
> > block those
> > reforms.
>
> Damn, B.D., first it was lawyers that were the saviors of the world,
now
> it's the journalists!  Well, I think it's the female actors on
BayWatch that
> are the saviors of the world.  I guarantee you I can get far more done
with
> one of them by my side than if I had a lawyer or a journalist, or even
a
> citizen reformer there.
>
> Austin
>
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