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     David Kay

        I hope you will pardon  my proclivity for hyperbole,  but
     your  point is  well  taken.   It  was  indeed  a less  than
     accurate representation  to say  that Shakespeare  advocated
     the demise of all lawyers.   I  think you will agree though,
     the Dick  the Butcher represents a  good many people  we all
     know, and that while few of us will be killed in proletariat
     uprisings, lawyers are the brunt of many an unkind barb,  if
     not bard.

        vis:

        A priest,  a rabbi,  a missionary  and a lawyer died in a
     plane crash.   From the gates of heaven the priest was shown
     to a small cottage,  which pleased him well.   The rabbi and
     the missionary  likewise were shown  to the  modest heavenly
     abodes. The lawyer, however was taken to a splendid mansion.
     Curious,  he asked why the  difference.   "We get their kind
     every day," replied  Saint Peter,  "you're the  first lawyer
     we've had."

        I'm sure you've  heard a thousand like  that.   Ever hear
     one about doctors?  accountants?  My point was simply that I
     take exception to the hysteric mentality that prevails among
     the masses.   I,   too am a "computer  person".   While I've
     never been chided about that aspect of my career, I find the
     other side  only slightly  less reviled  in the  eyes of  my
     colleagues than AIDS victims.


     David Massey
     Programmer/Analyst, University of Toledo
     Law Student, University of Toledo