Thank God for high-priced, ambulance chasing, aggressive attorneys. Somebody who knows the laws has got to protect the rights of people with no other legal means to fight against well-monied interests.
Attorneys do this nation a great service every day by being aggressive advocates for their clients. Whether the client is a poor, single mother who was injured in a fall at work or whether the client is a large corporation trying to keep the union from organizing their shops, attorneys are doing a service. Only through and advocacy system, played out in a judicial system that is as balanced as humanly possible, are both sides able to get their day in court, so to speak. We all have rights and some times those rights come in conflict. Some times the conflict is so great that the only resolution is to pursue the case through the entire judicial system all the way to the Supreme Court. If it was easy to decide who's rights should be given more consideration than another's rights, we wouldn't need lawyers and we wouldn't need courts. But the fact is, we need these institutions. The airline had a right and obligation to use all due diligence in protecting the safety and its crew and passengers. The SS agent had a right to board an airplane and take a flight without being harassed because of his race. Whose rights trump whose? It may take a jury trial to decide. It may not. But to the principles involved, it's an important case that deserves all of the expertise and aggression each side can bring to bare on the case. Sure, it would be nice if both sides could make nice and settle this thing out of court. But both sides seem entrenched in their positions. I tend to side with the SS officer, but a court may not and AA has the right to see if its position can win the day in court and the SS officer, through his attorneys has the right to see that they do not. Am I saying all attorneys are saints and none are greedy bastards. Of course not. But that vast majority of attorneys, I believe, are honest, hard working people who want to do justice and do right by their clients. H. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 11:40 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: We are in big trouble Supposedly the attorney for the secret service agent is the same guy who became a multi-millionaire in the Denny's discrimination case. I wonder who made first contact, the financially motivated attorney or the secret service agent? This case highlights the bigger picture of how attorneys are taking advantage of the system and causing great harm along the way. The result of this case will almost surely make all airline passengers less safe. Our only hope is that there will be a groundswell of people saying "enough is enough". . . ______________________________________________________________________ Macromedia ColdFusion 5 Training from the Source Step by Step ColdFusion http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201758474/houseoffusion Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
