The First Thing We Do, Let’s Kill All The Lawyers
November 5th, 2007 by MikeThousands of lawyers took to the streets in Islamabad to protest General Musharraf’s declaration of emergency rule (which included the suspension of the Constitution, the firing of the judges of the Supreme Court, and the closing of privately owned television news channels and curbing of broadcasts by international broadcasters).
Photo: Mohsin Raza/Reuters
Query: What would it take for lawyers to rise up like this in the United States?
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November 5th, 2007 at 1:08 pm
They would have to stop paying you.
November 6th, 2007 at 4:02 pm
[…] {mikeoliver.org} » Blog Archive » The First Thing We Do, Let’s Kill All The Lawyers - The situation in Pakistan is pretty awful. This is what you get when you base your foreign policy on the idea that “you’re with us or you’re against us.” 13-year-olds are more nuanced in choosing their friends. But this post contains one of the funnier lawyer jokes I’ve read (in the comments) and also a photograph that makes a riot gear beating look like a b-boy dance circle. […]
November 14th, 2007 at 5:32 pm
Who cares? If the cops would beat the s**t out of them, I wish they’d ALL hit the streets!