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Title: Transgender People Aren't As Valuable As 'Higher End' People, Argues Attorney
Post by: Sammy on December 10, 2013, 10:47:59 AM
Post by: Sammy on December 10, 2013, 10:47:59 AM
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Title: Re: Transgender People Aren't As Valuable As 'Higher End' People, Argues Attorney
Post by: Miss_Bungle1991 on December 10, 2013, 10:55:23 AM
Post by: Miss_Bungle1991 on December 10, 2013, 10:55:23 AM
Wow...what an idiot. He should be disbarred and then slapped around with a fresh trout.
Title: Re: Transgender People Aren't As Valuable As 'Higher End' People, Argues Attorney
Post by: Catherine Sarah on December 10, 2013, 11:01:59 AM
Post by: Catherine Sarah on December 10, 2013, 11:01:59 AM
WOW!!!!
He needs to check out some of the upper eschleon in the finance, medical, law, IT, engineering etc. fraternities and offer apologies to those he has wilfully offended.
Jealousy is a curse, isn't it !!!!
He needs to check out some of the upper eschleon in the finance, medical, law, IT, engineering etc. fraternities and offer apologies to those he has wilfully offended.
Jealousy is a curse, isn't it !!!!
Title: Re: Transgender People Aren't As Valuable As 'Higher End' People, Argues Attorney
Post by: Sharon Lynn on December 10, 2013, 11:07:13 AM
Post by: Sharon Lynn on December 10, 2013, 11:07:13 AM
Worst... attorney... ever!!!
Yeah, I get it. You're supposed to get your client off the hook at any cost, and convince the judge to give the lightest sentence possible.
Seriously, if he can't do better than come up with malarkey like that, I'd suggest he's definitely in the lower class of lawyers and he's probably not worth as much to society as the rest of them! In which case he'd best beware his own argument :D
Yeah, I get it. You're supposed to get your client off the hook at any cost, and convince the judge to give the lightest sentence possible.
Seriously, if he can't do better than come up with malarkey like that, I'd suggest he's definitely in the lower class of lawyers and he's probably not worth as much to society as the rest of them! In which case he'd best beware his own argument :D
Title: Re: Transgender People Aren't As Valuable As 'Higher End' People, Argues Attorney
Post by: Devlyn on December 10, 2013, 11:14:32 AM
Post by: Devlyn on December 10, 2013, 11:14:32 AM
There's a mistake at 2;40, the attorney is shown as the source of the judges statement.
Title: Re: Transgender People Aren't As Valuable As 'Higher End' People, Argues Attorney
Post by: Joelene9 on December 10, 2013, 05:56:50 PM
Post by: Joelene9 on December 10, 2013, 05:56:50 PM
OOF! That attorney actually made matters worse for his client, despite the client's own behaviour.
Joelene
Joelene
Title: Re: Transgender People Aren't As Valuable As 'Higher End' People, Argues Attorney
Post by: MiaOhMya! on December 12, 2013, 09:29:35 PM
Post by: MiaOhMya! on December 12, 2013, 09:29:35 PM
"Transgender People Aren't As Valuable As 'Higher End' People, Argues Attorney"
I never heard the Attorney attributed as saying "Transgender" people Aren't As Valuable As 'Higher End' People. Instead he referred to the "class" of the victim, which I interpreted as referring to the woman as a prostitute, NOT as a transsexual.
Though I still disagree with the attorney's ridiculous logic, I think it's worth pointing out that his words were probably misinterpreted by the journalists (or even spun). That said an attorney, of all people, should know better than to choose words open to interpretation.
I think probably the only real "anti-trans crime" commited here was by the suspect, not the attorney, but even then it would be hard to prove a hate crime without a confession.
I never heard the Attorney attributed as saying "Transgender" people Aren't As Valuable As 'Higher End' People. Instead he referred to the "class" of the victim, which I interpreted as referring to the woman as a prostitute, NOT as a transsexual.
Though I still disagree with the attorney's ridiculous logic, I think it's worth pointing out that his words were probably misinterpreted by the journalists (or even spun). That said an attorney, of all people, should know better than to choose words open to interpretation.
I think probably the only real "anti-trans crime" commited here was by the suspect, not the attorney, but even then it would be hard to prove a hate crime without a confession.
Title: Re: Transgender People Aren't As Valuable As 'Higher End' People, Argues Attorney
Post by: Jill F on December 13, 2013, 02:45:34 AM
Post by: Jill F on December 13, 2013, 02:45:34 AM
*le facepalm* I'm pretty sure you can be both "higher end" and trans. I'm also sure you can be trans and WAY "higher end" than that d-bag.
Title: Re: Transgender People Aren't As Valuable As 'Higher End' People, Argues Attorney
Post by: Doctorwho? on December 13, 2013, 02:52:17 AM
Post by: Doctorwho? on December 13, 2013, 02:52:17 AM
They aren't mutually exclusive... This moron has obviously only encountered those from the trans community who have been less fortunate.