keithe@teklabs.UUCP (08/19/83)
NOTE: The following is a prejudiced, biased and totally slanted view on lawyers and the law profession in general. It is also the truth. But you are totally free to ignore it if you want to. Send responses to ...!blackhole!/dev/null. (Now I'll probably find out that there really IS an machine named "blackhole".) ******************* Somebody said that lawyers do a lot of good - keeping people out of trouble by preparing contracts, wills, etc. MOOSEPOOP! Contracts wouldn't have to be as complicated as they are, and wills wouldn't have to be written under such controlled circumstances, if laws hadn't been written - by LAWYERS, for the most part - to require such nit-picking effort. I believe that if it weren't so easy to find a "sue-the-bastard" lawyer, America wouldn't be so lawsuit-happy. For the most part, lawyers tend to write laws that perpetuate the need for lawyers. They've got a really GREAT racket goin, don't they?! ******************** (Sidebar follows:) By the way - when is this discussion supposed to move to net.followup? I never have figured that out... I 'spose now would be as good a time as any (but I haven't signed any contracts obligating me to submit to that newsgroup. Have I?) keith ericson at teklabs :-) P.S. The opinions contained herein are my own and not necessarily those of Tektronix, Inc.; and certainly not those of the legal department, whose existence is probably responsible for this disclaimer.
greg@hp-pcd.UUCP (Greg Goebel) (08/23/83)
#R:teklabs:-235300:hp-pcd:5000014:000:564
hp-pcd!greg Aug 22 13:54:00 1983
from: greg g at hp corvallis
to: keith e at teklabs
re: gripes about lawywers
I read your comments on lawyers with interest, though to
tell the truth I've lost my appetite in controversies.
However -- and more to the point -- there IS an organization of people
that you might be interested in: HALT (Help Abolish Legal Tyranny).
HALT's address is:
HALT
Suite 319
201 Massachusetts Ave., N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20002
Membership dues are $15/year. Drop them a line.