Century City

Altalazar · Mar 19, 2004

Ranger REG said:
Because I hang around Open Game License discussions.

Ah - and are there a lot of lawyers in there?

Ranger REG · Mar 19, 2004

Yep. They're like Ambulance Chasers.

Altalazar · Mar 20, 2004

Ranger REG said:
Yep. They're like Ambulance Chasers.

I'll have to check that out, then. I haven't actually noted any other lawyers on this site (well, and I'm not one either, yet.)

Ranger REG · Mar 21, 2004

Gee, how long before Altalazar realized I'm joking?

Altalazar · Mar 21, 2004

Ranger REG said:
Gee, how long before Altalazar realized I'm joking?

Rule of Evidence 401 - Irrelevant. I want to check it out because I find bickering about legal issues fascinating, whether done by lawyers or not...

Ranger REG · Mar 21, 2004

Even if they used made-up precedents within the arguments?

Altalazar · Mar 21, 2004

Ranger REG said:
Even if they used made-up precedents within the arguments?

You'd be surprised just how bad some real life arguments are in real cases - even when done by federal or even supreme court judges. (Well, their clerks, really) - though in the Supreme Court cases they are often the result of politics/ideology REALLY causing the result, then they try to cover it up with bogus reasoning.

At the lower levels, though, it just gets plain bad. Judges are elected - they aren't put in place based on any particular ability. Most people don't even know anything about the judges they vote for.

On the other hand, I saw a case where the appeals court made the entire response a poem to the rythm of the poem about trees. It was very clever and to the point. Another case was done entirely in the form of a Shakesperean play - it was quite an interesting read.

Back to the thread - when is this show going to be on again?