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On Sat, 17 Apr 2010 22:41:04 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
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If lawyers were trolling the streets in 1776 advertising for victims
they would have been run out of town on a rail. In those days lawyers
defended people from the government, they didn't take on the powers of
the government to punish people, beyond the limits of what is
constitutional.


If polar bears showed up in Miami, they would be captured and removed. So,
your first sentence means nothing.

Secondly, lawyers did much the same work they do now. They did
significantly
more then "defend people from the gov't." As to the rest of the sentence,
that also makes no sense. Lawyers work within the laws that have been
established, and sometimes, depending on the case, they cause the court to
action that changes law. This is basic stuff.

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If lawyers are doing the job of the government, why not make the
government do it's job and try incompetent doctors in criminal court?

Reason ... there is a higher standard of proof. Civil court is an
emotional exercise with little protection for the defendant.


Incompetent docs do go to trial from time to time... e.g., Michael Jackson's
doc for a recent example.

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