I don't understand how talking about criminal law is construed as offering legal advice.

[varkam]

I mean, so someone is conducting their own defense in a capital murder trial, and I post on teh internets to try to help them by identifying the relevant statues that they're interested in. I mean, I'm not a lawyer or anything, nor do I understand the ramifications of what I'm talking about, but I do read a lot and think I'm pretty smart about law. I don't understand what's so unethical about that. I bet it's a conspiracy by the defense lawyers to keep people from representing themselves in the courtroom. People should be able to make their own choices, and accept the consequences!

/tongue-in-cheek...

[TZ]

1. Locking

Due to this sites War on Law!
Series! I never went to Law school and I post dumb shit from teh internets...and those mean ol Lawyers don't respect me and mine.
I mean come on! They need to respect my ignorance.....Besides we know all Lawyers are money grubbing shills and don't really care about helping people....:sarcasm:
Nice satire, varkam!:patriot:

[cosmik debris]

2. Don't worry, it's safe

Their friends are on the jury and the judge is their spiritual adviser.

What could go wrong?

[Orrex]

3. If your lawyer makes you drink his pee, get a new lawyer

That's my advice.

[varkam]

7. Lol!

That's good advice. :D

[jberryhill]

19. Hmmmm.......

Looks like I'm going to have revise my standard retainer letter...

I usually expect a favorable ruling on the motions in my briefs.

[trotsky]

4. LMAO

Nice one. :thumbsup:

[madinmaryland]

5. Well, if you stayed at Holiday Inn Express last night, then you should be

fine giving legal advice!!1!!

[Heddi]

6. I watch Judge Judy every day

they should give me an honorary JD

[jberryhill]

12. Awww... man....

As an attorney, I'm really surprised at how often Judge Judy has no clue what the applicable law is.

[MrMonk]

13. Judge Judy ...

because the world needs more mean old ladies.

No clue & no longer a real judge - think there might be a connection?

[Heddi]

22. Don't pee on my leg and tell me it's raining

ha ha ha. The show is ridiculous, I agree, but I find it 10,000,000^n degree more palatable than any other "judge" show - which I am forced to watch during the daytime doldrums because I work the night shift. Every week there's a new judge show.

Dr Phil followed by Judge Judy is the 2-hour power hour of my adulthood like the Incredible Hulk/Quincy 2-hour power hour was of my youth.

[Warpy]

8. Posting on legal threads can be dangerous

because I've had people PM me asking for legal advice.

There's no legal forum here for a reason.

I sent some to paralegals and told the rest to pay the damn retainer to talk to a real lawyer.

[varkam]

9. ...

I was making a joke :D

Maybe you were, too, but I just woke up and most things will go over my head right now

[Warpy]

10. I wish I had been

I must talk a better fight than I think I do.

[varkam]

11. You talk a pretty good fight.

I was satirizing, or attempting to, anyway, a thread that bemoaned another thread that was locked for offering medical advice. I think that legal advice is a pretty good analog to medical advice, in that both fields involve professionals that go through years of training, and that the misuse of either sort of advice can reap some pretty serious consequences.

[jberryhill]

14. It's not satire

Nope.

It's not satire unless I say it's satire.

[Orrex]

15. I find your post to be a racially insensitive ethnic slur

Not satire. Nope. No sir.

[Heddi]

16. I find your offensive to be offensive

I am far more persecuted than ANYONE. YOu will never know what it's like to be me, and I am insulted and offended that I would even THINK of explaining to you what it's like to be me. I am offended that you have caused me to be offended by me.

Did you know the word "satire" comes from the Ologonquin word "satire" which means "pasty white woman dressed up in black face singing Aye Carumba while pretending to be homeless, disabled, and belonging to an unidentified, yet harshly persecuted minority group"? BET YA DIDN'T KNOW THAT DID YA! So your use of the word "Satire" is offensive, as is the word "offensive" which is a Finnish word that originally means "I love dirty whores". HAH! I AM SO MUCH MORE OFFENDED...I mean HURT than you will ever be!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111

[Orrex]

17. Hmm...

I sense that you're hinting at something, but I can't quite figure out what it is...

[Heddi]

18. stop offending me

or i'll tell my mom :(

[jberryhill]

20. Well...

If you can't use appropriate terms like non-traditionally hygienic sex workers, then why don't you just crawl back to freeperville.

[Heddi]

21. TROOOOOOOOL

troooooooooooooooool (sounds like drool)

[TZ]

23. Pretty funny coming from someone who uses the insensitive terms

"folks" and "village"...Stop the hypocrisy!!:P