What makes ME sick is the insurance companies trying to fool the public into thinking that legal liability is what is driving a medical industry crisis, or the President's saying that all the asbestos claims are frivolous, or all the completely bullshit fabricated stories of "outrageous" personal injury lawsuits.
There are plenty of jerks in the legal profession, and maybe more than in many other but certainly not all professions, but the fact is that it is indeed all about justice. I think we've got a fairly good system and trial lawyers are part of what makes it work. I'd hate to think how our society would look if there were no lawyers, but those who waste all day long on cc.com were running the legal system.
Agreed. Politicians are the cream of the crop. Is it a wonder so many of them are also lawyers?