Comments on: ‘Kill’ the lawyers before they kill journalism? http://www.teleread.com/google/kill-the-lawyers-before-they-kill-journalism/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:26:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Paul Biba http://www.teleread.com/google/kill-the-lawyers-before-they-kill-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-1059511 Paul Biba Sun, 17 May 2009 20:37:16 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=21992#comment-1059511 If one is to maintain one's sanity as a lawyer (which, after 40 years in the business, I fear is not the case with a large percentage of the Bar) one has to get used to lawyer jokes. The worst part about lawyer jokes is that everyone thinks that they are the ONLY one who knows the joke and they are SO proud when they tell you a joke that you have heard 50 times before. Lawyers have to learn to smile politely a lot. If one is to maintain one’s sanity as a lawyer (which, after 40 years in the business, I fear is not the case with a large percentage of the Bar) one has to get used to lawyer jokes. The worst part about lawyer jokes is that everyone thinks that they are the ONLY one who knows the joke and they are SO proud when they tell you a joke that you have heard 50 times before. Lawyers have to learn to smile politely a lot.

]]> By: Chris Meadows http://www.teleread.com/google/kill-the-lawyers-before-they-kill-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-1059372 Chris Meadows Sun, 17 May 2009 15:09:48 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=21992#comment-1059372 Heh. I was going to post a link to the blog post I wrote about the kill all the lawyer misconception, in which I linked to Seth's essay, but was worrying how to do it since I'm on my iPod Touch right now. But Seth beat me to it. :) Heh. I was going to post a link to the blog post I wrote about the kill all the lawyer misconception, in which I linked to Seth’s essay, but was worrying how to do it since I’m on my iPod Touch right now. But Seth beat me to it. :)

]]> By: David Rothman http://www.teleread.com/google/kill-the-lawyers-before-they-kill-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-1059358 David Rothman Sun, 17 May 2009 14:29:24 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=21992#comment-1059358 Garson, not to worry. I doubt that Paul would go along along with the lobbyists' proposal, but beyond that, he gets a special personal exemption for all the hard work he's devoted to TeleRead. ;-) More seriously, if it hadn't been for Paul, in the period after I had my heart attack, I'm not even sure there would even <em>be</em> a TeleRead at this point or at least not one with all the features of the current setup. David Garson, not to worry. I doubt that Paul would go along along with the lobbyists’ proposal, but beyond that, he gets a special personal exemption for all the hard work he’s devoted to TeleRead. ;-) More seriously, if it hadn’t been for Paul, in the period after I had my heart attack, I’m not even sure there would even be a TeleRead at this point or at least not one with all the features of the current setup.

David

]]> By: Seth Finkelstein http://www.teleread.com/google/kill-the-lawyers-before-they-kill-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-1059266 Seth Finkelstein Sun, 17 May 2009 10:53:15 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=21992#comment-1059266 The supposed defense of the line is a twisted misreading of the meaning. In fact, it's a joke, and the audience was clearly intended to laugh uproariously, not be shocked about our-friend-the-lawyer. See my essay: <a href="http://sethf.com/essays/major/killlawyers.php" rel="nofollow">"The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers" - it's a lawyer joke</a> The supposed defense of the line is a twisted misreading of the meaning. In fact, it’s a joke, and the audience was clearly intended to laugh uproariously, not be shocked about our-friend-the-lawyer. See my essay:

“The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers” – it’s a lawyer joke

]]> By: Garson O'Toole http://www.teleread.com/google/kill-the-lawyers-before-they-kill-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-1059249 Garson O'Toole Sun, 17 May 2009 10:15:18 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=21992#comment-1059249 Many thanks to David Rothman for promoting my japery to article status. There are of course many fine lawyers engaging in wonderful activities, e.g, Paul Biba here at TeleRead. Many thanks to David Rothman for promoting my japery to article status. There are of course many fine lawyers engaging in wonderful activities, e.g, Paul Biba here at TeleRead.

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