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This is really good news for society. Law is important but it is not productive. Also, hopefully this means fewer divorce attorneys.

by lmg643 12y ago

VieElm 12y ago
> Also, hopefully this means fewer divorce attorneys. Because divorce is bad? Divorce can be a good thing, good marriages don't usually end in divorce, more than likely the bad marriages do. So then maybe because you think people going through a divorce shouldn't have good legal representation? What is your argument?
- x0x0 12y ago
  Yes, most people shouldn't. Unless you've never seen two people piss away tens of thousands of dollars having legal tantrums, fully supported by their lawyers. Most people, particularly in CA, a community property state, should be able to get divorced for $500 or so. Of course, that requires that they be adult, and that no lawyers get paid (or encourage their clients to fight, all while paying them $x00/hour).
  - VieElm 12y ago
    How nice it must be to know what's best for people you know nothing about. I'm sure they love it when complete strangers with judgmental attitudes feel the need to interfere with their private lives.
    - x0x0 12y ago
      Community property means person1 and person2 are going to get 1/2 of the assets earned during the marriage. You can get there cheaply or expensively. Lawyers get paid when you get there expensively -- and thus have an obvious incentive to inflame a negotiation between two aggrieved parties. I'm not sure why that makes me judgmental about their private lives.
dragonwriter 12y ago
> Law is important but it is not productive. Law is not productive in much the same way that lubricating oil in an engine is not important to its function.
nraynaud 12y ago
Agreed, it's time for those people to try to learn a real job instead of living off others. Most of those lawyers are not helping the people who needs legal help the most, they are just feeding around bigco. The most useful lawyers are not wealthy, because their clients are poor, uneducated (so the lawyer provides a lot of knowledge difference) and have a very high legal risk (jail or death).

This is really good news for society. Law is important but it is not productive. Also, hopefully this means fewer divorce attorneys.

by lmg643 12y ago

This is really good news for society. Law is important but it is not productive. Also, hopefully this means fewer divorce attorneys.

VieElm 12y ago

> Also, hopefully this means fewer divorce attorneys. Because divorce is bad? Divorce can be a good thing, good marriages don't usually end in divorce, more than likely the bad marriages do. So then maybe because you think people going through a divorce shouldn't have good legal representation? What is your argument?

x0x0 12y ago
Yes, most people shouldn't. Unless you've never seen two people piss away tens of thousands of dollars having legal tantrums, fully supported by their lawyers. Most people, particularly in CA, a community property state, should be able to get divorced for $500 or so. Of course, that requires that they be adult, and that no lawyers get paid (or encourage their clients to fight, all while paying them $x00/hour).
- VieElm 12y ago
  How nice it must be to know what's best for people you know nothing about. I'm sure they love it when complete strangers with judgmental attitudes feel the need to interfere with their private lives.
  - x0x0 12y ago
    Community property means person1 and person2 are going to get 1/2 of the assets earned during the marriage. You can get there cheaply or expensively. Lawyers get paid when you get there expensively -- and thus have an obvious incentive to inflame a negotiation between two aggrieved parties. I'm not sure why that makes me judgmental about their private lives.

dragonwriter 12y ago

> Law is important but it is not productive. Law is not productive in much the same way that lubricating oil in an engine is not important to its function.

nraynaud 12y ago

Agreed, it's time for those people to try to learn a real job instead of living off others. Most of those lawyers are not helping the people who needs legal help the most, they are just feeding around bigco. The most useful lawyers are not wealthy, because their clients are poor, uneducated (so the lawyer provides a lot of knowledge difference) and have a very high legal risk (jail or death).