Re: 'lawyers who defend criminals'

In a message dated 98-08-26 07:54:14 EDT, you write:

<< > As it is, I could think of other occupations that some might
consider morally offensive....(PLEASE!!! I AM NOT SAYING I THINK THEY
ARE IMMORAL, I AM MERELY MAKING A PONT)... Lawyers who defend criminals,
snip

I'm not following your point, but perhaps that is because I have my
blinders on at the moment. >>

I just knew that line was going to draw comment.

His point was that there are those who condemn defense lawyers as being
immoral, just as there are those who condemn strippers as being immoral, those
who believe Wal-Mart is immoral because so many small stores shut down when
they open up, and those who believe Dow Chemical is immoral because - in
addition to all the good things they've produced - they've fouled the
environment / made birth control devices / yadayadayada. Immorality, I
suppose, is in the eye of the beholder.

Robert Gerhard

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