I seem to recall reading somewhere that very early in the history of the VA colony that there was a period that it was illegal to live there if you were a lawyer. VERY forward thinking to say the least. Too be they did not stick with it.
First kill all the lawyers
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That must be one of those Internet "facts." The Virginia Colony was founded in 1607 by the Virginia Company of London, an investment group comprised chiefly of lawyers from the royal court.
In 1619 the oldest continuous legislative body in the New World was founded, the Virginia General Assembly, comprised entirely of lawyers.
In 1619 the oldest continuous legislative body in the New World was founded, the Virginia General Assembly, comprised entirely of lawyers.
IF I was even recalling what I read correctly, I would have read it LONG before ALGORE invented the internet. I am thinking like back when I was 9 or 10. Who knows? It's still a good idea, far less expensive than shooting them all. Have you seen the price of ammo lately?
I REMEMBERED what I was thinking about. It was a Paul Harvey "Rest of the story". Don't know how true or untrue it is but it is linked below.
Discriminating Forefathers
Discriminating Forefathers
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Veteran Expediter
Heaven help me...I agree with asjssl & Witness. And Turtle, with intellect superior to theirs, can't figure it out.
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Oh, I know what it means. I just think he needs to grow a pair and state his case if he's going to make a statement like that. He's got one whole post in this thread, where he quoted my comments to you, and thinks an honest answer to a question you posed is an evidentiary exhibit of some kind. But since you agree with asjssl and Witness, I'm confident that you can competently speak for them on their behalf, since neither asjssl nor Witness has ever demonstrated they have the ability to grow a pair that could even come close to competing with yours.
Ah, OK, yeah, I know what you're talking about now. It wasn't exactly that clear cut. The practice of law by those uneducated in the law was getting out of hand back then, and largely continued in the colonies through 1776, where even John Adams complained bitterly about laymen practicing the legal profession by collecting large fees and stirring up unnecessary suits. The 1658 Virginia statute that often gets referenced as preventing attorneys from earning wages was a statue that prevented lawyers without a license or sufficient training to be allowed to "pleade in any courte of judicature within this colony, or give councill in any cause, or controvercie whatsoever, for any kind of reward or profit." The untrained vastly outnumbered the trained, so they had to do something. People were being swindled left and right with really bad legal advice. There really wasn't much need for lawyers until several years later when commerce in trade began to develop between the several states, the colonies, and with Great Britain and Europe. But those who were trained in the profession and/or had licenses were still free to practice law, and were never banished, exiled or forbidden to earn income.
I was having trouble remembering where I had heard or read it . It was YEARS ago I heard this one and for the life of me I could not remember. Really not that bad remembering for an old guy, eh? It's still a good idea.
People who portray all of any category of people [or professions, ie: cops, dispatchers] as evil are just portraying their own bias. Which always makes me wonder why they have had so many negative experiences with said group.
Except the ones who just think it sounds cool to say things like the Shakespeare quote.
Except the ones who just think it sounds cool to say things like the Shakespeare quote.
