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el_hoovy on scored.co
1 year ago 16 points (+0 / -0 / +16Score on mirror ) 2 children
> Any society that has a system of law so arcane it needs an entire profession to interpret them is not a functioning society

can't believe this thought doesn't get more attention. harder to believe still is the respect lawyers get whenever you utter the word. our cultures worship people whose job it is to do word tricks and sophistry.

Ancient Greece had it right with banning court speechwriters, shame it didn't last.
ReChristianize on scored.co
1 year ago 1 point (+0 / -0 / +1Score on mirror )
Agreed; the legal profession is a racket. Allegedly the courts exist to enforce laws and arbitrate disputes, which they ought to do for their salaries -- but they won't, they overwhelmingly require the exceedingly expensive hire of a third party lawyer if a plaintiff or defendant wants a good result. They have shit up the system with pageantry and minutae to the point where it is borderline impossible for a man to represent himself.

Ban lawyers. Ban barristers. Erase British commonlaw and establish a proper Inquisitorial system.
Fabius on scored.co
1 year ago 0 points (+0 / -0 ) 2 children
Lawyers get respect because they are smart and powerful. No other person can utterly destroy you or raise you up like an attorney.
el_hoovy on scored.co
1 year ago 3 points (+0 / -0 / +3Score on mirror )
this hatchet i have can do a lot more damage than a puny lawyer.
ReChristianize on scored.co
1 year ago 1 point (+0 / -0 / +1Score on mirror )
Lawyers are not powerful. Use the right word. Lawyers are influential.

The piggers who enforce the will of the legal-judicial prison complex are powerful.
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