"I know, but this is just... wrong, isn't it ? I manipulated the system. Just because you bought it doesn't mean I'm right. It's a technicality!"
-Jim Carrey
-Jim Carrey
The quote above taken from the movie Liar! Liar!. In this sequence, Jim Carrey, as the defense attorney Fletcher Reede, asks the judge to reconsider his just recently concluded judgment
It is a commonly accepted belief that in the beginning, all laws are meant to be just and fair. Created by God and laid down by men in order to govern their relations between each other on the principle of equity; laws have been regarded as the bastion of equality, looking neither upon one's gender, race nor creed, but on the merits of one's case. And yet, despite this auspicious and honorable objective, the inherently "noble" practice of law has always, to the contrary, been prostituted by shameless hooligans and is now regarded as a corrupt profession, debased of morality and solely in it for the benefit of gain, as was clearly presented, albeit in the movie Liar! Liar! whose line I have liberally cited above.
The lawyer-to-be in me would love to answer those criticisms, point by point, citing the law of ethical standards and related jurisprudence, to dispel such incorrect view of the vocation I have willingly taken. But current circumstances, even in my own town, just gives impetus to the belief that indeed, my chosen field of endeavor has alas fallen to the "path of the Dark Side."
Thus, I am forced to make a relatively short sighted conclusion of the events that happened, and how the circumstances transpired to make it a reality.
Pobreng pobre mi ciudad. Como ya cai tu muy pronto, otro ya tiempo tambien.
It is a commonly accepted belief that in the beginning, all laws are meant to be just and fair. Created by God and laid down by men in order to govern their relations between each other on the principle of equity; laws have been regarded as the bastion of equality, looking neither upon one's gender, race nor creed, but on the merits of one's case. And yet, despite this auspicious and honorable objective, the inherently "noble" practice of law has always, to the contrary, been prostituted by shameless hooligans and is now regarded as a corrupt profession, debased of morality and solely in it for the benefit of gain, as was clearly presented, albeit in the movie Liar! Liar! whose line I have liberally cited above.
The lawyer-to-be in me would love to answer those criticisms, point by point, citing the law of ethical standards and related jurisprudence, to dispel such incorrect view of the vocation I have willingly taken. But current circumstances, even in my own town, just gives impetus to the belief that indeed, my chosen field of endeavor has alas fallen to the "path of the Dark Side."
Thus, I am forced to make a relatively short sighted conclusion of the events that happened, and how the circumstances transpired to make it a reality.
- Money does not buy you Lady Justice, but it can buy you a chair so that Lady Justice can sit on it.
- Money does not buy you the magistrates, but it can buy you a lifetime friendship with the magistrates.
- Money does not influence the legal opinion of the judges, but it can help the judge back up the legal reasons of his decision.
- Money does not teach all the people how to count, but it can help other people count faster.
- Money is not the root of all evil, it is the seed from which the root sprouted.
Pobreng pobre mi ciudad. Como ya cai tu muy pronto, otro ya tiempo tambien.
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