Re: Lets all be philosophers

From: 3seas (3seasA_at_Tthreeseas.DOT.not)
Date: 11/30/03 

Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 20:57:50 GMT

Olathe wrote:

> Day Brown wrote:
>
>> "R." wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Lawyers are at the top of my world scumbag list. I've worked first hand
>>>with many big time lawyers video taping depositions. I've watched
>>>peoples lives going down the drain, while the two apposing lawyers
>>>talked about when there tennis court times were for the day.
>>
>> I dont make moral judgements, but I can see why folks feel that way.
>> The war on drugs exists to enrich lawyers. Otherwise, if I sold your
>> kid some dope, *you* could sue me, and my assets would go to paying
>> for the counseling by your family clergy and/or social therapist.
>
> And that's why I place therapists and other psychologists high on the
> list of scumbags. They're experts at making you feel better without you
> getting better; they're know-it-all, pseudoscientific idiots; and they
> have deals with the lawyers (who make the laws, at least in the US) by
> being able to imprison people in mental institutions without a trial, by
> having their unscientific, subjective testimony count a lot in trials,
> and by having judges force people to go to them by court order (with the
> high fees that go along with it) for "counseling" or "rehabilitation"
> (which sometimes comes from the taxpayers' pockets rather than the
> "helped", but I doubt the therapist cares, as long as he's paid).

And this comming from someone who resorts to name calling.... 

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