# Lawyers are nicer than sharks

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyers-are-nicer-than-sharks/389028>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [January 23, 2007, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyers-are-nicer-than-sharks/389028 "2007-01-23T01:20:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2007, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyers-are-nicer-than-sharks/389028/1 "2007-01-23T01:20:23Z")

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Pentagon shamefully backed away from the very reasonable condemnation of the US law firms representing Guantanamo detainees. American lawyers undo the injustices inflicted by the American soldiers who fight and die in Afghanistan. Only a handful out of the thousands of detainees was rendered from Afghanistan to Guantanamo; they are not a random crowd. Many of them are not guilty beyond the basic affiliation with Taliban, but guilt of others could not be proven. What evidence of terrorist activity, acceptable in the court of law, could be found in Afghanistan? In the absence of documents or wiretaps, evidence is reduced to testimonies of dubious witnesses. The image of selfless American attorneys - people of great moral integrity - engaged in pro bono defense of Afghan peasants is hilarious. In the pro bono affair, leftist lawyers sabotage the American war effort, and other attorneys shamelessly use it for self-promotion.

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**Author:** ![John\_W.Kennedy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_w.kennedy/32/1031_2.png) [@John\_W.Kennedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_W.Kennedy)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2007, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyers-are-nicer-than-sharks/389028/2 "2007-01-23T03:02:29Z")

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Another chatbot fails the Turing test.

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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2007, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyers-are-nicer-than-sharks/389028/3 "2007-01-23T04:24:07Z")

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This poster has posted the verbatim screed on:

[http://www.samsonblinded.org/blog/?feed=rss2](http://www.samsonblinded.org/blog/?feed=rss2)

[http://www.coolsolutions.com/rss.php](http://www.coolsolutions.com/rss.php)

[http://www.rojo.com/story/GTXJFNwfupjkxTjF](http://www.rojo.com/story/GTXJFNwfupjkxTjF)

It doesn’t get better with repetition.

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**Author:** ![Nanoda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Nanoda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanoda)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2007, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyers-are-nicer-than-sharks/389028/4 "2007-01-23T04:56:20Z")

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Aw. I came back here 4 drinks later and it seemed to make so much more sense that I was going to post something.

On the off-chance the OP comes back, I’ll ask: Is there a reason you think detainees are unworthy of the protections you grant [Americans](http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.overview.html)? Of the protections deemed belonging to [all](http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html)?

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2007, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyers-are-nicer-than-sharks/389028/5 "2007-01-23T05:14:09Z")

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[QUOTE=Exapno Mapcase]  
This poster has posted the verbatim screed on:

[http://www.samsonblinded.org/blog/?feed=rss2](http://www.samsonblinded.org/blog/?feed=rss2)

[http://www.coolsolutions.com/rss.php](http://www.coolsolutions.com/rss.php)

[http://www.rojo.com/story/GTXJFNwfupjkxTjF](http://www.rojo.com/story/GTXJFNwfupjkxTjF)

It doesn’t get better with repetition.  
[/QUOTE]  
Works for me.