Lawyers are bad, mmmmkay.

[Jaecyn42]

Why do people always automatically assume the worst about any person who enters the law profession?

I see this all the time on this forum and others. Someone so much as whispers the word "lawyer" under their breath and the accusations and insinuations begin flowing like whine (pun intended).

You never see this with Dentists ("They just want to put things in your mouth."), or plumbers ("They just want to raid your medicine cabinet."), or even Proctologists/Gynecologists (You actually thought I was going to go there? Not likely.); but lawyers...obviously, they all have ulterior motives for entering the law profession, which always consists of screwing some innocent bystander who did nothing wrong.

So what's the deal? Why do we always assume the worst whenever lawyers are involved; but never do the same with any other profession (save maybe MS developers)?

[Oxwivi]

Lawyers are basically known to lie on behalf of their clients to win the case. That's the long and short of it.

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Because lawyers are a self-serving, redundant abstraction layer between normal people and the justice system who help people get away with rape and murder for their personal profit.

[alexan]

Its the commons sense of justice: usually people associate it to gain, recover... obtain of something.


Is not the way the (human) justice work.


Justice is not for allow someone to gain something... but lower both sides on equal level (who's fault... get lowered more).

People should call the action of the law only when they are sure they need justice's act.


If people keep call the law for nearly anything

Lawyers get more work... and people's hate.

Think before break justice, and analyze logically before calling the police (if you can, and is not for emergency, obviously)

[whiskeylover]

Why do we always assume the worst whenever lawyers are involved; but never do the same with any other profession (save maybe M$ developers)?

Because assumptions are fun!

Also, I've known a lot of MS developers and have been friends with many. Most of them are really good people and also very good at programming.

[Jaecyn42]

Lawyers are basically known to lie on behalf of their clients to win the case. That's the long and short of it.

Lawyers do not lie nor do they tell the truth to win a case. They ask questions, with the aim of discrediting the oppositions argument.


Because lawyers are a self-serving,

What profession isn't self-serving these days? This isn't a "Lawyer-only" phenomenon.


redundant abstraction layer between normal people and the justice system

Redundant? I somehow doubt you would appear in court without one, now would you? Not so redundant, are they?


who help people get away with rape and murder for their personal profit.

This is just groundless conjecture.

[KiwiNZ]

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Given that there is Lawyers on staff and in the membership I am closing this thread now