Pffft ,,, he's alright - there's nothing new under the sun. In my job I've seen every debating trick in the book, fortunately there's usually a cranky beak on the bench to swiftly keep any advocate relevant to the point or be sat down and no longer heard. @Exige just needs to be pulled in line when he gets too carried away ... and to know who always stocks too much in the intellect armoury.
I'll keep an eye out for you, @Exige. If it looks like you are ever getting into difficulty, I'll let you know a tactic or two for shooting down lawyers. Like all experts, they are uniquely vulnerable to OCPs (Outside Context Problems) as their "skillset" is just learned - they are not after all naturally gifted. Not that you are likely to get into difficulties in this case. Aussies are merely aspirational Kiwis, they aren't the genuine article (like chiz).
Good synopsis, I’ll be fine after all, only El T can out gun me by turning off my account when I make him *sigh* code mad he is the judge the aspiring Kiwi mentions I think
Oh dear, yet again I have to help @Loz out with a caution against assumptions. Even if what has been said about lawyers were true (believe me lawyers get to see every facet of humanity from the most foul to the most praiseworthy, from the most gifted to the most impaired etc,), but even if that were not so, I didn't start "lawyering" until age 30. What did I do before then? What experience in what other fields do I possess? The assumption that because I am a lawyer I must have gone straight from school to Uni to Law is foolish ... and it stands corrected. Now the important thing is that you learn not to make such assumptions about any person in the future - lesson for the day ends.
It means you put your fingers in your ears and over your eyes when you type, quite a skill and one normally reserved for people with webbed hands
