Posted On: February 16, 2005, 9:22 am CST

Posted By: Rev D

Go ahead and blame the lawyers, but it has been my experience that those who complain the loudest about the lawyers are the ones who run the fastest to a lawyer's office when they feel they have been injured.

Chris hit the nail on the head when it was noted that a lot of these responses seem to go back to the people getting fat from McDonald's claim. However, this was about McDonald's making a promise they did not keep. And while it is very likely that some attorneys made a few dollars during the course of this lawsuit, have you ever considered how much money was spent in pursuit of this claim? Or how many cases those lawyers handled pro bono? Do you even know what the fee agreement was?

Barney, do you work for free? Or do you accept payment for your job? Have you ever declined a raise because you felt like you would be making too much money? Then why fault an attorney for making a living? Why would you expect an attorney to spend all that time and money to go to college and law school and go into a business that is expensive to pursue (filing fees, court costs, etc.) and then ask them not to try to make a few bucks? I would bet that there are many more attorneys struggling to make ends meet than there are those with McDonald's Supersized settlements on their resume.

And before you think you have won another bet, I am not a lawyer. I am a minister.