…Unless said sword is wielded by a criminal defense attorney.
So last week I was sitting in the office of a good friend (who happens to be a criminal defense attorney), and we were just chit-chatting, talking about the upcoming holidays, daily activities and the like, when suddenly, he says, “Oh, I read your last blog,” and suddenly there’s the entry, pulled up on his laptop in front of us.
School was in session and my lesson on this day was that the police and criminal defense attorneys will never want to understand how each side works, because they simply do not share the same goal within the criminal justice system. There is no way I could state my friend’s case here as concisely and clearly as he did that day. I truly believe the plague and polio would have had a better chance of talking their way onto the ark than I had defending my position. This wasn’t the first time I have been debated out of my belief and knowing my friend, it won’t be the last.
I can only hope to win some future debate and even the score. But, until then, I am happy to be the “loser” with greater knowledge and insight gained this year.
PS: On to debate topic #2, Making a professional and informative yet not cheesy attorney television commercial. I have been practicing my position on this one. I am ready.
