trackwalker Wrote:
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> We are all too in awe of lawyers. If someone were
> to kneecap Ed Ellis and tell him it will get worse
> before it gets better, I bet he could find funds
> to pay creditors. We all want to have others
> resolve our disputes, we call the cops. Forget the
> cops and lawyers, the Mafia had it right, address
> the owner directly and get him to pay up. It is a
> little crude and messy, but it works, we just
> don't want to dirty our hands.

No, it's not a matter of being "too in awe of lawyers." It's a matter of rejecting violence as a solution for those who aspire to be a civil society. For what other things do you favor application of thuggery?

Maybe you would sing a different song if a hit man or hit woman mistakenly attacks you thinking you are some one else.