[lbo-talk] Kill all the lawyers

[W. Kiernan]

andie nachgeborenen wrote:
> 
> Nathan, who knows better, suggests that the "archaic
> guild-like rules be lifted, anyone be allowed to give
> legal advice or practice law, and the people who get
> screwed by incompetents can see if they can find
> another lawyer, hopefully a competent one this time,
> to sue for malpractice, which of course requires a
> showing that had your lawyer been able, you would
> actually have won. Plus there is the cost of the
> lawsuit, the likelihood of getting paid, the time
> involved in extra litigation . . . Sheesh.

While we're at it let's also expose the civil engineering profession to
the stimulating discipline of the almighty free market.  Among other
things it would make driving your car across a highway bridge a lot less
boring, that's for sure.

Me, I've always wanted to perform an appendectomy.

Yours WD "X-acto knife" K - WKiernan at concentric.net