More thoughts on David Nieporent
I've often said that I got into defending the civil justice system because the hypocrisy of the "reform" movement absolutely sickens me. I just realized that David gave some prime examples of that hypocrisy today.
Earlier today, I pointed out how many "reform" laws shift costs from corporations to taxpayers. David responded by accusing me of making a prepackaged argument.. and of course, refusing to address my actual argument. Later that same day, the man who accused me of using prepackaged arguments made a post with such hoary old "reform" buzzwords as "greed" and "personal responsibility" and engaged in misdirection by ignoring the merit of a new cause of action and instead condemning it because lawyers will make a lot of money.
Yeah, that's not a prepackaged argument. Ignore the fact, engage in demagoguery, accuse trial lawyers of making too much money, use words like "frivolous lawsuits" and "personal responsibility" and recycle the same tired arguments insurers have been making since at least the 1970's. All the better when the people complaining about our "litigious society" just happen to be lawyers. If being a lawyer is such a detestable thing, why on Earth should anyone trust anything David Nieporent or his lawyer cohorts have to say?
The truth is that being a lawyer is one of the most honorable professions there is. Lawyers fight for those who cannot fight for themselves. Lawyers prevent the strong and the rich from violating the weak and the poor. Lawyers protect us from tyrannical governments, rapacious executives, and negligent citizens. Lawyers are second only to soldiers in protecting the liberty of every American citizen. Remember that the next time you hear a "prepackaged argument" about frivolous lawsuits, tort taxes, out of control juries, personal responsibility, and the rest of the corporate-sponsored focus-group-tested buzzwords and catch phrases that negligent corporations use to try and persuade Americans to throw their rights away.
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