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![[0841] The Divine Comedy, Page 38](/comics/2016-12-08-0841-the-divine-comedy-page-38.png "[0841] The Divine Comedy, Page 38")
- Caption: Meanwhile.
- Thomas J. God: You!
- The Devil: Me?
- Thomas J. God: This time you’ve gone too far, Devil!
- The Devil: You say that every time.
- Thomas J. God: But this time I mean it! I’ll strike back without mercy! I and my army of one million…
- The Devil: Pfff.
- Thomas J. God: … lawyers!
- The Devil: AUUGH!
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Mykel Darren wrote:
A good friend of mine, who’s studying something to do with law in preparation of doing stuff to human rights stuff (So she studies with future lawyers), and according to her, the vast majority of them do it for the money, not out of altruism or justice. Could be an exceptional case though, or my friend might be exaggerating, but just something to keep in mind.
Still though, without lawyers our world would be a lot less fair, no matter what their goal is. It forces people to have solid proof (Or, unfortunately in the case of a peer-jury system, spin a good enough tale to make dubious proof seem like solid proof), =P.
@ Kamica:
Without lawyers disputes get dealt with by actual shooting. Lawyers are a way of soaking up the money and time of rich, aggressive people to minimise the harm they cause. So they have a social benefit. A top lawyer may cost as much to run as a main battle tank or even a fighter jet, but they rarely kill people and there is little collateral damage.
The reason lawyers don’t go to Heaven is simply that there aren’t any potential clients.
@ voyna y mor:
I don’t think lawyers, specifically, are what stands between society and vigilante justice. Justice systems where the judges and/or juries have more power to investigate and decide cases without lawyers to represent either party still work.
The reason why lawyers are useful isn’t because they help avoid vigilantism, it’s because they decrease the chance of innocent people being convicted or guilty people going free due to the jury being biased, or the judge not wanting to hurt their own reputation (or miss out on a bribe) by passing an unpopular judgement. It doesn’t hurt a lawyer’s reputation when they win a case even if they’re on the wrong side of it, because they’re always supposed to do their best for their client, as long as they still follow the rules.
I guess what I’m saying is, if there were no lawyers, judges would soak up the money and time of those people instead, that would only be better if the judges alone actually had better judgement than juries do with help from the rest of the system.
@ qq:
Then we shall litigate in the shade!
Kamica wrote:
Doesn’t that describe the majority of people in most professions?
I imagined the Devil’s scream in that last panel sounding like the Wilhelm scream.
Peya Luna wrote:
All the *good” ones do. More or less by definition. The real question is how *competent* those million lawyers are.
@ Namaphry:
This is why I find it bizarre that judges in much of the United States are elected. It puts pressure on them to make popular judgements.
clickbait wrote:
I’d hardly consider her a neutral party. She’s aware of Sandra’s conection to Woo, a racoon toward whom she has shown favour. If she were offered the job she would be ethically obliged to reject it to avoid a possible conflict of interest.
@ Tjikicew:
Upper management
@ mkalte:
Crivens! Nae King! Nae Queen! We shall not be fooled again!@ mkalte:
@ mkalte:
@ Trimutius:
There is no such thing as a good lawyer. The one difference between a dead lawyer and a dead skunk it that there are skid marks in front of the skunk.
Fact check, NO lawyers make it into heaven. EVER.
@ Keith “ladling politcal promises one shovelful at a time”:
Do you have evidence? This could be revolutionary to the fields of religion, philosophy, and science!
lnks plz</trollolol>
MIcah wrote:
By saying “Good” I meant like “Good in what he is doing” not like “Goody two shoes”…
Agarax wrote:
Whereas if they’re appointed, they get chosen to make judgments the appointing authority likes. There’s no avoiding bias, you can only choose who it’s in favor of.
@ Agarax:
Elected for the people, by the people.
Brett Bellmore wrote:
All lawyers go to heaven.
Either by good alignment, or by being good at what they are doing.
@ Frith Ra:
Not modern Catholic priests though, if you know what I mean.
@ Mechwarrior:
Some people do their because of their personal fun factor (e.g. I’m a programmer and I enjoy what I do). Though in regards to lawyers, I’m not sure how well that applies.
Could someone remind me, I forgot, is there a raccoon in this comic strip? Just asking. 🙂
@ Stellagal:
Lawl, it has been a while. We must must have patience, we will get through this. 😉
P-lease, lawyers in heaven?
Oh right, it is a comedy.
@ RioMax:
even by engineer standards, which is pretty low considering you could stuff one into a cardboard box with a raspberry pi and get a functioning cardboard robot by the next day
@ Bedinsis:
At least. But, I’ve always heard that God couldn’t win a lawsuit with the devil because all the lawyers are either in Hell or in league with the devil. LOL.
@ Crestlinger:
Am army of Phoenix Wrights, no doubt.
Now I know this is a fantasy. Everybody knows that the Devil has all the lawyers.
jeffepp wrote:
*Scene cuts to God talking to Jesus*
“I’m sorry son, but you need to go die for their sins.”
“What? Why?”
“Because we need lawyers!”