Thursday, September 20, 2007

Law business

I do not know how come we Liberians love "law business". Everywhere you turn, someone is a lawyer. I guess something went wrong back in the day (in the 50s, 60s and 70s). For some reason almost everyone seemed to have gone to school somewhere and studied the law, or if not that, political science, philosophy or some other useless profession for the future of a developing country. What happened to the entrepreneurs, the doctors, the engineers, the industrialists, the scientists.....the list just goes on.
What has a lawyer ever produced that has contributed to the development of our nation? A bunch of words. People cannot eat words. You cannot sell words. Just look at our society today. Everywhere you turn, someone is arguing about something. Everyone is politicizing everything. People can sit and invent hidden agendas in just about everything. Just look at the grumble about a "passport" in the media. It makes you sick.

Now that I have gotten that out of my system, let me clarify myself. If you are going to study the law, fine. I will not hold it against you, but please when you get your degree, seek a job in the judiciary or in any related business. Start your own law firm even.

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