Absentee Ballots for Officers?

[larrybard]

Well I'll jump in -- and apologize, for unintentionally escalating the tone of this thread.

Did I interpret "dmano"'s comment about lawyers as a personal criticism of Chris?  Absolutely not.  (And certainly not anything aimed at me.)  I think it should fairly be regarded, in the context of the informal commenting style on this site generally, and in view of the actual wording of his brief comment, as a sweeping generalization/observation/criticism of how often something unconstructive results from lawyers' efforts.  And, frankly, I'm in agreement with that.  So in a sense I may have appeared to overreact, intending to be somewhat informal myself, by jumping to Chris' defense, especially since I have some idea, through private exchanges, of how much good, hard work he has done even on this one voting issue.  (And, for the record, he's a far more able lawyer than I'll ever be, and needs no one else to defend him.  I suspect he is calmly standing on the sidelines, maybe even amused by the ensuing postings, and I seroiusly doubt he felt personally offended.)

So, gentlemen: Let's all take deep breaths, agree that there's a lot to condemn about lots of lawyers and our legal system, and move on without taking any of this personally.