Law school has changed my perspective a lot. 2nd year and still standing... but only on the surface. I'm beginning to have doubts. A lot of expectations have been ruined after reading our good old Supreme Court decisions. It's like an innocent child learning that the worlds isn't as pretty as he thought. Law and Justice were supposed to be synonymous. I guess I really was a dreamer.
The evil are guilty, and create Law. The good are innocent, and create Justice.
Terry Pratchett
Our professors encourage us to change the system. To fight it even. I'm just feeling a little small. My uncle had decided to lecture me on the "profession." "We lawyers end up as crooks," he says. "At least the famous ones do..." Sigh. I refuse to believe it. Belief is a strong thing. It can change one's life so one must always be careful in choosing what they wish to believe in. (Faith comes under this category- but that's another entry...) "Wizard's First Rule: People are stupid; given proper motivation, almost anyone will believe almost anyting. Because people are stupid, they will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true. People's heads are full of knowledge, facts, and beliefs, and most of it is false, yet they think it all true. People are stupid; they can only rarely tell the difference between a lie and the truth, and yet they are confident they can, and so are all the easier to fool"
Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander, Wizards First Rule True, the public does not hold lawyers in high esteem. There must be a basis somewhere. But as an afterthought, we aren't all alike. There must be some honor left in this world. There I go dreaming again... But I will TRY. I am not afraid. I am not afraid.
Fear rules those weak enough to accept it.
Greven il-Vec, Magic: The Gathering
|
