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"If people thought the way you did -- it's evil to represent big, rich corporations -- then the Government would have the extraordinarily dangerous power to imprison or ruin whatever companies they wanted, since they wouldn't be able to get legal representation."
Yes, luckily the government only has the power to do that to poor people.
I never argued that rich corporations didn't have the right to counsel or should be denied counsel. I argued that attorneys should be judged by the clients they take on, and the rationales they use to justify taking on those cases. Taking on a case such as Chiqita, a case which no doubt about a billion very ethical attorneys were willing to shoulder the burden of to prove that everyone, even lonely multinational corporations, is any attorneys business. But to argue that the attorney should then receive a free ticket past the judgement of society, is indefensible.
You are apparently arguing that people who find the actions of attorneys unethical should keep their mouths shut or face the wrath of the ACLU. As usual, when faced with an argument you don't like, you simply reduce it to a caricature (such as I just did), throw some insults around and call it a win.
What are you afraid of? As nuff pointed out, I'm not only illiterate, I'm unable to differentiate between different European wheat strains. You certainly should have no trouble arguing the issue based on what I said, not just what's easier for you to defend.
