Not to get in a legal discussion here, but most of our problems with our legal system sits with judges who legislate from the bench and lawyers who have no sense of right or wrong, just winning and losing.
This appears to be the "can of worms," Frank.
Phelps both made a mistake and committed a crime. He seems like he was treated fairly by the gawdawful legal system.
This lawyer-bashing gets very tiresome. I'm starting to know how Terry feels. Lawyers are paid to do a job. Just like engineers, IT specialists, bankers, advertising executives, nurses, insurance agents, math professors, etc. Some lawyers have to earn a living or do what their boss says. They can't always pick and choose their clients. There is a code of ethics for lawyers. If they cross the line, they can be disbarred. But holding them up to some philosophical standard is rubbish. They are not typically philosophers. If they were, they would be "philosophers." Like me. :cool:
Some swim coaches don't have a highly honed sense of right or wrong either for that matter. They might seek short term, win-win, gains, which might not be what is best for their swimmer in the long term.
Plus, back to swimming, it seems that many swimmers, USS or masters, focus on winning or losing -- just like those alleged bad guy lawyers. Not all, by any means. But certainly Geek and GoodSmith. There is a lot of guitar smashing talk going on.
Not to get in a legal discussion here, but most of our problems with our legal system sits with judges who legislate from the bench and lawyers who have no sense of right or wrong, just winning and losing.
This appears to be the "can of worms," Frank.
Phelps both made a mistake and committed a crime. He seems like he was treated fairly by the gawdawful legal system.
This lawyer-bashing gets very tiresome. I'm starting to know how Terry feels. Lawyers are paid to do a job. Just like engineers, IT specialists, bankers, advertising executives, nurses, insurance agents, math professors, etc. Some lawyers have to earn a living or do what their boss says. They can't always pick and choose their clients. There is a code of ethics for lawyers. If they cross the line, they can be disbarred. But holding them up to some philosophical standard is rubbish. They are not typically philosophers. If they were, they would be "philosophers." Like me. :cool:
Some swim coaches don't have a highly honed sense of right or wrong either for that matter. They might seek short term, win-win, gains, which might not be what is best for their swimmer in the long term.
Plus, back to swimming, it seems that many swimmers, USS or masters, focus on winning or losing -- just like those alleged bad guy lawyers. Not all, by any means. But certainly Geek and GoodSmith. There is a lot of guitar smashing talk going on.
