tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6399721661977732482.post3790573825765173046..comments2023-10-29T04:55:11.344-06:00Comments on Befouled: This Ain't Your Father's Atticus FinchSnaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11029751181796561620noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6399721661977732482.post-83722045102866387742007-03-10T13:40:00.000-06:002007-03-10T13:40:00.000-06:00Tehanu, that's a good way of putting it.Tehanu, that's a good way of putting it.Snaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11029751181796561620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6399721661977732482.post-71463327148906683522007-03-09T23:16:00.000-06:002007-03-09T23:16:00.000-06:00I worked for several lawyers over a period of abou...I worked for several lawyers over a period of about 8 years (secretary, office mgr.) Most were fairly nice guys with the occasional jerk for seasoning. The problem is, as you said (more or less): nobody (except rich people) goes to a lawyer because they're happy. You go if you're in trouble, or somebody died, or you're getting divorced, or you got hit by another car (or you hit somebody). You're paying the lawyer to handle really bad problems. Only a rich person can afford to go to a lawyer when they don't have anything to worry about except tying up more money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6399721661977732482.post-91656072323987591052007-03-09T00:47:00.000-06:002007-03-09T00:47:00.000-06:00I think there is a relationship between the profes...I think there is a relationship between the professions and their attraction (or at least tolerability) for the Type-A individual, in part because the education is such a dull, repetitive grind. More important, the professions were also been historically attractive to immigrants, particularly Jews, who viewed them as a way to achieve success outside of the closed WASP business community. If there's a bigger collection of Type-A personalities on the planet than children of first-generation immigrants, I don't want to see it. And I mean that in a complimentary way.Snaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11029751181796561620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6399721661977732482.post-12164877198304272332007-03-09T00:29:00.000-06:002007-03-09T00:29:00.000-06:00AG's point that it's more a "man thing" than a "la...AG's point that it's more a "man thing" than a "lawyer thing" is well-taken. I still think that the classical "professions" attract more Type A personalities, though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6399721661977732482.post-15832745086018699582007-03-08T20:23:00.000-06:002007-03-08T20:23:00.000-06:00As I said over at 3B!, it's not just lawyers. A fa...As I said over at 3B!, it's not just lawyers. A fair amount of young men talk like this. Sad, but true. It speaks to the failures of parenting and society.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6399721661977732482.post-73886738263700401792007-03-08T18:25:00.000-06:002007-03-08T18:25:00.000-06:00I would now like to thank my lawyer for saving me ...I would now like to thank my lawyer for saving me a hell of a lot of money not through "winning" but for billing me in a way that was exceptionally humane.Righteous Bubbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18054084550730989361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6399721661977732482.post-78517613031658257212007-03-08T15:03:00.000-06:002007-03-08T15:03:00.000-06:00"Hence, the idea that lawyers are assholes at a hi..."Hence, the idea that lawyers are assholes at a higher rate than say, ice cream shop proprietors."<BR/><BR/>I recall an ice cream shop proprietor of my youth that was particularly *assholey*. That proprietor probably left a bigger skid mark on my soul than did any lawyers I have known and I've known more lawyers than ice cream shop proprietors.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com