George Orwell once wrote:
Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting.
Law and lawyering is very much like Orwell’s “serious sport.”
Now of course you will say “not true, [...]
Entries from August 2008
Law and Lawyering — War?
August 5th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: American Culture · Law & Justice