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Originally Posted by jammies
As I said about the native reserves, I'm sure it is a point of discussion, but not one calculated to do anything but derail the thread. Is it important to the occupycalgary what I think should be done about leveling the legal system, if in fact that is possible?
For one thing, I'm pretty sure all the lawyers here (of which there are more than a few, as the lawyerly profession lends itself to plenty of time during the day to browse the web, apparently) would be up in arms over any suggestions I might make that would impinge upon their ability to charge what the market will bear to the highest bidder. And the volume of verbiage an angry lawyer can conjure up is enough to daunt the bravest of us.
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I don't know, is it? Sort of sums up one of the issues this whole movement is facing, what the hell are the issues you want to discuss? Makes it even more difficult when you bring them up and an attempt to have a discussion on two of them is met with 'this isn't the venue'.
And don't pretend to know what anyone in the legal profession thinks about legal reform. There's a very strong movement towards doing away with the billable hour structure and a number of other relatively loud voices calling for reform in other realms. I imagine if you'd actually engage in the conversation you'd be surprised by what you hear.
Saw your PS: I don't know that the legal reform question warrants it's own thread, maybe it does, but I think if the occupy movement is going to be so broad based this thread would make sense for discussing a broad base of issues.