# Ask the incarcerated former lawyer

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-incarcerated-former-lawyer/527328>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 2, 2010, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-incarcerated-former-lawyer/527328 "2010-02-02T03:15:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
**Page:** 3

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**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-incarcerated-former-lawyer/527328/41 "2010-02-03T05:08:44Z")

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Dude, this is MPSIMS, where are your kitty pictures?

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**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-incarcerated-former-lawyer/527328/42 "2010-02-03T05:35:38Z")

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> [@Wile\_E](#):
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> Dude, this is MPSIMS, where are your kitty pictures?

Besides being incarcerated and disbarred, he did something to kitties too?! :eek:  
😛

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**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-incarcerated-former-lawyer/527328/43 "2010-02-03T14:45:21Z")

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> [@Rand\_Rover](#):
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> So anyway, there’s been a lot of unchecked liberal douchery going on around here lately, so I’ll do my best to keep fighting the good fight like I’ve always done. … Just one of the many hallmarks of the modern liberalis douchicus.

Welcome back. I always thought you were an entertaining presence.

But I have an actual question. Do you think that throwing out childish insults like those quoted is an acceptable practice for adults? Do you believe that using inflammatory language about those you don’t agree with helps to make your point more effectively, or are you trying to get a rise out of people, or what? Do you use the same types of argument on this board that you do in your practice?

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**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-incarcerated-former-lawyer/527328/44 "2010-02-03T19:47:00Z")

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> [@Ravenman](#):
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> Do you think that throwing out childish insults like those quoted is an acceptable practice for adults? Do you believe that using inflammatory language about those you don’t agree with helps to make your point more effectively, or are you trying to get a rise out of people, or what? Do you use the same types of argument on this board that you do in your practice?

Yes, or what, and I don’t understan the question.

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**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-incarcerated-former-lawyer/527328/45 "2010-02-03T19:54:41Z")

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> [@silenus](#):
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> Alright, who said his name three times in front of a mirror?

That’s how you summon ME.

Thanks, by the way. Hell was really getting annoying. I was stuck in the room where there’s this endless loop of that bit from the Simpsons where Homer gets raped by a panda.

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**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-incarcerated-former-lawyer/527328/46 "2010-02-03T20:07:11Z")

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> [@Rand\_Rover](#):
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> Yes, or what, and I don’t understan the question.

Please explain the “what.”

And I’m asking if you conduct your business as an attorney with the same tone that you frequently use on this message board.

Thanks for your answers.

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**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-incarcerated-former-lawyer/527328/47 "2010-02-04T01:57:49Z")

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> [@Ravenman](#):
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> And I’m asking if you conduct your business as an attorney with the same tone that you frequently use on this message board.

Yes. Or no. Depends on which posts you pick for my tone.

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