Originally posted by monochrome Racing snakes? That 's what they're paid to do. Why are you angry?
You have something of value. Why would you assume other people won't brazenly steal it? People steal things all the time. Then they try not to be held accountable for the theft.
Hell, Fiduciaries, legal officers of the court, steal clients' money all the time. Happened here with $1.25MM just last week. Guy only got caught because he took a signing bonus to join another Firm. It never troubled him one bit to think his old employer might look at his books. Getting caught is so rare!!
I'm angry because my fairy tale world has been shattered
. I was raised to believe that judges, lawyers, policemen and the like are part of the
justice system. Where is
justice when you can get paid to teach people to steal and cheat. This is supposed to be the job of criminals.
I do assume that people want to steal things of value. That's the nature of some people. After they commit the act (or are accused of it) then the
justice system kicks in. The prosecutors prosecute and the defenders defend. Both are very important pieces of the system and both ensure that all parties get
justice.
I have not seen every law school catalog, but I assume that Stealing Stuff 101 is not a course offering from many of them.
My other problem with this is where is the line? Teaching people to get away with stealing intellectual or creative property is OK because you can get away with it? Is that what we're saying here? Because if it is, then is it OK to give seminars on circumventing gun control laws? A lot of people might say OK to that. Can I give a course on how to hide a body? I don't think too many would agree with that.
I'm not against lawyers at all. If my family would have had the money to do so I would have wanted to go to law school. Maybe that's also why I took offense to this. It's something I would not have done as a lawyer. I know others do not have measure up to my standards. But society's standard is that stealing is wrong. If you want to be able to use other people's creativity without compensation then put your effort into changing the law instead of circumventing it.