I understand the smilie. But it brings up an old question....can we say anything we want as long as put up a smilie?
Hurtful words often come in the form of seemingly good-natured teasing. Do you know how many girls have fallen into the clutches of eating disorders because they're teased about their "chubby cheeks" or whatever?
I'm not an attorney, but I very highly respect them. I get tired of all the lawyer jokes, ribbing, teasing, etc. After awhile, it just gets old. I know a couple of attorneys who, in social settings, won't tell people they're lawyers.
I've been involved in some matters where I would have lost my shirt if it had not been for the sharp eye of an attorney. So I just thought I'd try to be a voice that says, "I think lawyers are great" and I admire the profession.
The solution to this problem is you telling us what you do for a living so we can make fun of you instead.
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I've gone and done it now! I'm on Facebook!!!
I like the lawyers I know. and I dont like the ones I dont...
There is one I like a WHOLE lot!!!
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Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
"You will be hated for my sake-Just remember that it should be for MY sake and not YOURS-
Do NOT act in such a way as to be offensive, and then blame it on me"
One day, a lawyer named Carson Strange went shopping for his tombstone. After Carson made his selection, the stonecutter asked Carson what he wanted the epithet to say.
"Here lies Strange, an honest man and a lawyer," responded Carson.
The stonecutter furrowed his brow in bewilderment, then began slowly shaking his head. "Can't do that," he replied, "people will think we buried 'em three deep."
Then his eyes lit up with a different idea. "However, we could put on the tombstone, 'Here lies an honest lawyer.'"
"But how will they know who I am?" protested Carson.
"Are you kidding? Everybody will look at that tombstone and say, 'That's Strange.'"
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"Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow." ~Aesop