jeffw@tekecs.UUCP (Jeff Winslow) (08/22/83)
Keith seems to think that everybody but lawyers are fair-minded, wonderful people who would just never think of going after a piece of rich Uncle Joe's estate. Wills are written under the circumstances they are because of A*****ES who think that just because they've lived xty-x years on this earth and are a fifth cousin six times removed that old Joe must have just forgotten them - after all, he wasn't QUITE right in the head, was he? etc. ad nauseum. Sooo, let's play break-the-will. The representing lawyer didn't initiate the action (or make a need for strict laws regarding wills), the A*****E did! This is just one example. America has zillions of lawyers, first, because no matter what you say, people who know what the law is are going to have a lot of prestige, and second, America is full of people who have what is euphemistically known as the "pioneering spirit" - i.e. I'm going to get 'my share' no matter who I have to tromp. And of course, since this IS one of the freer societies around (thank somebody, anyway) tools are made available for these people on demand - i.e. lawyers. I imagine if there is a net for lawyers somewhere, they are burbling about how engineers cause so many problems... Jeff Winslow
jhh@ihldt.UUCP (08/23/83)
There is now a newsgroup net.legal. Please move legal discussions there.