Joanna
Mr. WD wrote:
>So I was talking with another lawyer today who told me that a friend
>of his was suing this one county jail over the conditions for inmates.
> The friend was talking to the plaintiff and explaining what would be
>expected of him -- that there was a chance he'd be deposed or that
>he'd have to testify at trial, that he probably wouldn't get much
>money out of it, etc. None of this phased the plaintiff, apparently.
>"This is bigger than me," he said, "this is about future generations.
>This is about whether my kids and grandkids are going to be treated
>like dirt in that place."
>
>I thought it was a nice little anecdote to share the next time I'm
>confronted with the "today class is an arbitrary and meaningless
>social category" argument.
>
>-WD
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