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pat_k

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16. The values that have driven every decent thing this nation has ever accomplished...

Reply to Raven (Original post)

Sun Mar 30, 2025, 08:36 PM

Mar 30

.. are being twisted beyond all recognition. But real American values, like the four freedoms, that so many of us grew up with have survived, and will survive, because they are so fundamental to basic human decency.

And, BTW, my step-father was also an attorney. Way back when (the mid-to-late 70's), I always knew when a discussion was over and I had "won" because he would say : "You should be an attorney."

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My father was a lawyer, my grandfather was a judge. One thing I heard over and over again as [View all] Raven Mar 30 OP

My dad was a lawyer, too, and I clearly remember an argument we had Ocelot II Mar 30 #1

Sadly, he wouldn't be considered mwmisses4289 Mar 30 #2

Agreed. In Ethics at Law School, our professor asked if an attorney no_hypocrisy Mar 30 #3

Not just people with disagreeable views. Even the worst serial killers are entitled to legal allegorical oracle Mar 30 #4

No, he'd give Ted Bundy a cabinet position or ambassadorship. erronis Mar 30 #6

And ship his accusers to El Salvador yardwork Mar 30 #9

I know Henry Asbill Henry203 Mar 30 #7

That's how you do it. no_hypocrisy Mar 30 #8

Beyond politics we have two mad men ignoring laws and removing democracy. twodogsbarking Mar 30 #5

They WANT everything. dchill Mar 30 #11

Indeed. calimary Mar 30 #13

It's not and they can't have it. Gonna a be a hell of a fight. paleotn Mar 30 #15

Two Mad Men?????????? DENVERPOPS Mar 30 #14

Attorneys are not for anyone unless they are paid. Tetrachloride Mar 30 #10

I know many lawyers who dedicate a certain % of their practice to pro bono work. Raven Mar 30 #12

The values that have driven every decent thing this nation has ever accomplished... pat_k Mar 30 #16