[lbo-talk] on lawyers (was Re: war propaganda)

[Carl Remick]

>From: Shane Taylor <s-t-t at juno.com>
>
>Carl Remick wrote:
> >[By golly, Justin, as PR-spinning goes, it's hard to beat your
> >clarion declaration of juridical high-mindedness.  But our legal
> >system is of course a sham.  From the NY Times, the latest exhibit:]
> >
> >Prison Rates Among Blacks Reach a Peak, Report Finds
>
>Yeah, that's a sham, but I don't get how that contradicts Justin.

However you gussy it up, the actually existing legal system serves mainly to 
defend and perpetuate inequitable social relationships of all sorts.  I 
think lawyers' pretensions to serve any higher, finer purpose are hogwash.

Carl

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