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Jim Dueholm's avatar

The public's view of lawyers reminds me of an incident. My father was a Wisconsin dairy farmer who served in the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1959 to 1979. He had four sons and professed to dislike lawyers. He made a crack against lawyers in an appearance before an Assembly committee in the mid 60s, prompting a committee staff lawyer to ask, "Mr. Dueholm, you're very critical of lawyers, but isn't it true you have a son going to Harvard Law School?" "That's true," Dad replied, "but my other sons turned out alright," and added "We haven't told his mother yet. She thinks he's a bookie in Nevada." Jim Dueholm

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William Otis's avatar

This makes my day. My mother thought I was a shiftless playboy, and she was right except for the playboy part.

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Richard Vigilante's avatar

Love this. One of your best. BTW most other codes of prof "ethics" are also designed by the profession to protect the profession, journalist PE codes conspicuously. Just who is protected by the standard that confidential sources cannot be exposed? Not society, not the reader, not crime victims, not even (primarily) the source who lacking that standard could protect itself by simply choosing not to speak. It primarily protects journalists who use it widely to lie, and smear, and hype.

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Richard Vigilante's avatar

BTW, I think in the above I inadvertently solved a problem. People can get out of using "they/their" to modify singular persons by using it/it's/itself. Long been used for infants or unborn. Neither you guys not I have ever done the they/their thing or ever would, but it/it's could help the easily intimidated of which there are all too many.

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Deborah Wilson's avatar

I wonder whether these idiotic women know that the late Justice Ginsburg believed Roe was a bad ruling.

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Rascal Nick Of's avatar

Evil preaches tolerance until it gains power. Then it silences the good. Widespread censorship is among the first signs of impending authoritarian tyranny. It’s for the children, I guess.

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Nachum / Ned's avatar

Excellent article.

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Deborah Wilson's avatar

I wonder these things idiotic women know that the late Justice Ginsburg believed Roe was a bad ruling.

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Bourgeois Mike's avatar

The only surprise is that this poor soul wasn't called a fascist as well.

Both terms have been destabilized from abuse and overuse.

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