A Broken Fence

I haven’t posted much lately, I know.  To be frank, I’ve considered just taking down my blogs.  I’ve struggled with the decision as to what to do — and tried to understand why I feel the way that I feel.  It’s not that I don’t have things to say: I’ve written numerous posts.  I just never complete them because, well…it hardly seems worth it.

Our system is irrevocably broken.  Nothing short of a new Revolution would fix it.  And I’m not at all sure the Americans of today can fix it even then.  We can only, at best, tear down the present Tyranny.

And why is that?

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The Driving Force of Indescribable Sadness

I’m a pretty smart guy.  Usually.  Or, at least, I’m not a stupid guy.  I know a few things.  Exactly how many is something that is no doubt open for debate.  But one of the first things I learned on my own, as a child, is that only a fool thinks he knows everything.

There is no one walking — or crawling — the planet who does not make mistakes.  Even robots make mistakes.

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Innocents Lost

Being a criminal defense attorney is not the easiest job I could have chosen.  In many ways, it’s the hardest.  I am, unfortunately, an idealist of the worst sort.  I believe in The Law.  I do not believe The Law should be broken.

Why, then, do I “defend criminals”?

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A Drowning Man

When I was young and a Boy Scout, I worked hard to earn, among others, my Lifesaving merit badge.

There may be lots of situations in which a life needs to be saved, but the Boy Scout Lifesaving merit badge focuses on saving drowning people.  One of the things you learn is “[h]ow rescue techniques vary depending on the setting and the condition of the person needing assistance.”  Along the way to earning the badge, you have to “[e]xplain the importance of avoiding contact with an active victim and describe lead-and-wait tactics.”

As a criminal defense attorney, I’m having to re-learn these things.

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