must have stung his ego

indeed

the reason they say that, though, if it's not out of self-interest, is cuz you don't wanna be emotional and defensive. You need cooler heads who are objective to prevent you from saying stupid shit

Question: Is it okay to be white?

oh definately

No, macka. It isn't. You should feel ashamed. Kill yourself. <:DrinkBleach:590859953225334794>

just the rules of evidence alone or some point of procedure can easily cost you a case say nothing for the emotional and bias element

yep

But take consolation in the fact that the law is a precise endeavor and those rules all serve a useful purpose

i only used the tactic because i was pressed for cash at the time, i knew he was going to prison soon and i wanted him to think i had nothing

I'll be honest, I'm not the greatest at courtroom procedure

One that I do know, however, is Rule 12 of the FRCP. What used to be called Demurrer

Very useful

ah, yeah that one was useful

the local rules were more of a pain in the ass; i think that's why he chose that area to run his scams

thanks @Marushia Dark i knew i'd get an intelligent answer

The procedures are opaque if you don't speak legalize, but judges will usually go easy on you as a pro-se litigant specifically cuz you're not trained. Honestly, in some cases, you're better off just operating the way you think the justice system OUGHT to work and let them worry about how to parse it into the rules. The only real exception to this is jurisdiction and capacity, which most people don't know about and that's where they get fucked is they presume they're supposed to be there and that the charges apply to them

i was appauled that courts in the same state, even adjacent counties could be so radically different

@macka

> i was appauled that courts in the same state, even adjacent counties could be so radically different

Yep

that's a weird card

yeah, i can see lack of standing throwing people as well

but it was also an education; i couldn't figure out why he premptively sued me at the time but then i realized once he made it a civil case t hat looked like a breach of contract, it made counter-suing for tort almost impossible

Legalese exists because the law must be precise, the same way engineering jargon exists. The problem is, it sounds like English but means very different things, even with simple words you think you understand. That's where people get fucked and it's that part I try to help people grasp

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oh that is most certainly true. i always get annoyed when people don't recognize that every utterance can and will be interpreted at least 3 ways you never considered

The biggest issue is one I touched on earlier - the difference between legal and lawful. Most people think that just cuz a law is on the books it applies to them

nope; anti-trust for example

And this is why the justice system doesn't seem to work the way you think it should

customers are NOT competitors; you don't have standing

well, that is part of it

the other part are the changes made during Obama

ARD

For me personally, I have a certain vengeance towards the traffic code, since I got fucked by them for not knowing what I was doing.

Or rather, I knew what I was doing, but didn't stand up for myself on what I knew

ARD was supposed to save the courts money by avoind expensive trials but in reality, it just opened the door to victim culture

3x i was given the choice to pay he 4k or goto trial; i refused to pay him

but the prep for the trial was MORE expensive

I enjoy legal dramas. One of my favorite lines comes from the show "Fairly Legal," which says: "We go to court because we can't solve our own problems."

even though the case was thrown out the day before

SO true