Log Posted April 25, 2012 Posted April 25, 2012 (edited) http://voxday.blogsp...ny-lawyers.htmlCompare this:Of course, unemployment is not the real problem with producing two lawyers for every one legal job. The primary problem is that lawyers are one of the few professions where they can easily create demand for their services at the expense of everyone else in society. It's as if doctors were out there breaking legs and releasing flu viruses in order to ensure a growing demand for their services.With this:Now, it was for the sole purpose to get again, because [the lawyers] received their wages according to their bemploy, therefore, they did cstir up the people to driotings, and all manner of disturbances and wickedness, that they might have more employ, that they might eget fmoney according to the suits which were brought before them...Little insights like that point up the relevance of this book to the concerns of today. Edited April 25, 2012 by Log
LDSGuy Posted April 25, 2012 Posted April 25, 2012 (edited) The Book of Mormon is spot on with this topic. However, a righteous lawyer in certain times can be invaluable. Edited April 25, 2012 by LDSGuy
Mark Beesley Posted April 26, 2012 Posted April 26, 2012 http://voxday.blogsp...ny-lawyers.htmlCompare this:With this:Little insights like that point up the relevance of this book to the concerns of today.Anybody with a blog can spout an opinion. So great, you don't like lawyers and liberals. What does the Book of Mormon say about people who refuse to give to beggers because they think the beggars are at fault for their own circumstance?Ever hear anyone bemoan the conspiracy of welfare moms? Aren't they just beggers putting up their petition? Do people want to deny their petition because they judge them, just like the Book of Mormon says not to?
Hestia Posted April 26, 2012 Posted April 26, 2012 This looks like it should be in discussions not social hall.
DarkScythe Posted April 26, 2012 Posted April 26, 2012 compassion and giving money to the poor is a good thing but forcing someone else to give to the poor is a bad thing. Force someone against their wishes to do good is still evil.Free will+compassion+able to give or help the poor+give or help the poor is what God wants. 1
Log Posted April 26, 2012 Author Posted April 26, 2012 So great, you don't like lawyers and liberals.Wow, tell me more about what I like and don't like! How about food - what kinds of food do you think I don't like? What isn't my favorite color? What does the Book of Mormon say about people who refuse to give to beggers because they think the beggars are at fault for their own circumstance?I don't know; why don't you tell me?Ever hear anyone bemoan the conspiracy of welfare moms?No, why don't you tell me about it?Aren't they just beggers putting up their petition?No. Beggars ask people for voluntary handouts of their own property. Nothing beyond moral suasion is involved.Do people want to deny their petition because they judge them, just like the Book of Mormon says not to?Since the answer to the first question was no, the answer to the second question is likewise no.You see, it is moral, and laudable, to give of your own substance to benefit others. It is immoral, and reprehensible, to take from others by force to give to someone else. That I should have to educate a fellow saint on the immorality of coercion is rather incredible in this day and age, when the printing press has been around for hundreds of years, but, that's the situation I find myself in. Astounding.I read a patriarchal blessing once that said something interesting. Since it wasn't your blessing, you may choose to disregard this."Self-righteousness is an enemy to repentance." I dunno why I thought of that when I read your post, but there it is.I'm also not sure why Hestia didn't threadban you for taking personal swipes and argumentative thread derailing in Social Hall, but, oh well.
Kenngo1969 Posted April 26, 2012 Posted April 26, 2012 Lawyers are like cops: everybody hates 'em ... until they need one.
Mark Beesley Posted April 26, 2012 Posted April 26, 2012 I'm also not sure why Hestia didn't threadban you for taking personal swipes and argumentative thread derailing in Social Hall, but, oh well.'Cause I'm a likeable guy. Any thread that takes aim at a profession does not belong in the Social Hall. Sorry.
Log Posted April 26, 2012 Author Posted April 26, 2012 (edited) Since the guilty party has confessed to not appreciating my light-hearted jab at the oldest profession, I submit this.Lawyers: what's not to love?See, especially, these. Edited April 26, 2012 by Log
JeremyOrbe-Smith Posted April 26, 2012 Posted April 26, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8n11F39axs&feature=player_detailpage
Log Posted April 26, 2012 Author Posted April 26, 2012 ha ha haLawyers are like guns. You want to hold one in front of you in a gun fight.Lawyer bash somewhere else.
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