This is a holy month for us Muslims, towel heads, whatever you want to call us. It’s the month of Ramadan, which most people only think of as a time when we muslims starve ourselves from dawn until dusk. I guess you could think of it that way, but its more than that, its a time for inner reflection, of giving up the sensual (meaning senses) world during daylight hours and just trying to be one with god. It’s a time to do good deeds, to not pick fights, and if someone tries to pick a fight with you, you should respond “I am fasting”.
So, that’s why I changed some language in my last post. I think that it may have come off as harsh, and that’s not what I intended. I guess since I don’t have much self-righteous-ness in me (except when it come to the government/prosecutors/bad judges, etc), I find it offensive when people make assumptions about me, my work, who am I, or why I do this job. The point of the post was to say hey, aren’t we all just fighting an uphill battle, the same battle?
Anyway, that’s not how we are viewed by some public defenders. I guess if someone says public defenders are bad lawyers, then its okay for public defenders to say private attorneys are all money hungry. But, its not like that for me. It’s never been like that for anyone I’ve worked with. And, I think that if public defenders have attitudes about private attorneys, then they can’t really blame private attorneys for having the same sort of negative attitude about them.
At the end of the day, I say, in the immortal words of Rodney King “why can’t we all just get along?” And peace be with all of you.
