n4mwd wrote:
Unfortunately, arguing is a trademark of aspies. Its really hard to put two of us in a room and not have us argue about something. The higher your IQ, the more prone you are to doing it.
Discuss, debate, argue ... and then some of us do not even just converse very much at all. Personally, I will do just about anything possible to either avoid or to at least try to quickly end an arrogant or angry exchange no matter what anyone might call it.
n4mwd wrote:
I have always wondered if I would make a good lawyer. I think that would be a great field for an aspie. Being able to argue in court is a big advantage.
Just like with almost anything else, "good lawyer" can be heard in different ways. Within criminal law, "the system" sees a "good lawyer" as one who assures "the state" the defendant cannot later come back against it. But in the eyes of a defendant, a "good lawyer" often means someone who will help him or her try from the very beginning to beat the very system making it possible for the lawyer to even have a job ...
Go figure.
Things are similar in civil law, but at least there the lawyer has no conflict of interest to circumnavigate and "the system" is not holding anyone there at the point of a gun.
I suspect my own overall lack of social skills would preclude me from doing well with criminal cases, and I would certainly not do well at "lying without forethought" as so often seems (somewhat tongue-in-cheek) necessary there. However, I have had some success at writing letters to judges at just the right moments in just a few civil cases. Just a few days ago, an attorney jumped up out of his chair and rushed to the courthouse to file a "response" before a judge would have time to act upon a petition I had just filed and copied to him ... and in the process exposed himself to even more suspicion (at least as I see things).
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