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March 09, 2007
Harumpfh
I was out last night for a friend's birthday, and one of his friends said something that got my dander up. Like me, he's in law school, and he opined that investment bankers and physicians have superiority complexes, but when they get in trouble, they come running to the lawyers. Then he said that a professor of his said the next time somebody tries to pull off the better-than-thou attitude, he can remind them that in 1776, when Washington was crossing the Delaware River, doctors tried to cure his fever by putting leaches on him. On the other hand, lawyers were busy writing the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
Luckily I'm a peaceable sort, so I didn't smack him upside the head, because that statement is wrong on so many levels. Sure, there are physicians with massive egos. I know some of them. But there's just as many who are nice, agreeable, and friendly people. Likewise, there are lawyers who are sons-of-bitches like none other. Meanwhile, sure, doctors were putting leeches on people as medical treatment in the 18th century, but what were the highly advanced lawyers doing at the time? Oh, they were creating laws that didn't allow women to buy property without their husband's permission, they saw no problem with declaring other human beings to be nothing but chattels, and they decided cases on the basis that women were incompetent. They also wrote the Articles of Confederation, and we know how well that one worked out.
I guess my point is, there certainly was some backwards medicine being practiced then, but the law wasn't exactly a shining light either. It also goes to show lawyers have a pretty big piece of the arrogant bastard pie, too.
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Posted by oz115 at March 9, 2007 10:00 AM
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Not to mention that the world can always use more doctors. No offense to you buddy. -G
Posted by: G at March 12, 2007 01:31 PM