[Vision2020] Shoes thrown at President Bush

[Donovan Arnold]

Chas,

I think you are playing a lot of what-ifs and entering into a lot speculation. Where as I am simply pointing out the realities of Sunil's decisions and career choices. 

I don't know what Sunil believes. I cannot get into his head. But I can observe the facts. And the facts are that he chooses to use his talents for the purposes of releasing and defending people that do harm over that of choosing to do more noble causes of housing for the poor, and a higher quality of life for those with a disability. 

I would admit, that if in all your what-if scenarios were true, I would agree with you side. But your what-if scenarios do not parallel any realities in this universe that I can find. So far, Sunil has just attempted or been successful in assisting people that have done great harm to our community. You can dice it up, chop it up, spice it up, and serve it any way you what, but the reality is, he has chosen actions to assist criminals and those that do harm to our community over that of more worthy and innocent people.

As you comment about judgment. None of us are worthy of throwing stones (even though we all do). But we all must make assessments of what we feel is best for our community and call out those whose actions may be harming our community. 

Best Regards,

Donovan



--- On Fri, 12/19/08, chasuk at gmail.com <chasuk at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: chasuk at gmail.com <chasuk at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Re: Re: [Vision2020] Shoes thrown at President Bush
> To: "Donovan Arnold" <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com>, "vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>, "Sunil Ramalingam" <sunilramalingam at hotmail.com>, chasuk at gmail.com
> Date: Friday, December 19, 2008, 3:33 PM
> On Dec 19, 2008 3:07pm, Donovan Arnold
> <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > Your statement, "Does this mean that only the
> stupid and incapable should 
> become public defenders?", can only assume that anyone
> with lesser talent of Sunil is "incapable and
> stupid." I disagree with that assessment. There are
> plenty of other competent lawyer's that are not as good
> as Sunil.
> 
> And:
> 
> > I think there are more noble causes in life to fight
> for than the release 
> of a slew of convicted serial child molesters.
> 
> Sunil works with both the accused and the convicted,
> although I imagine that he spends more time with the former
> than the latter. Hopefully, Sunil will enlighten us on that
> point.
> 
> So the accused don't deserve the best defense possible?
> Or is it only the convicted who deserve a second-rate
> defense? If Sunil happens to think -- as I hope he does --
> that we are all equal under the law, then I wonder how he
> reconciles giving his best on days that he represents the
> accused, and giving his second-best on days that he
> represents the convicted?
> 
> Comments, Sunil?
> 
> > If I was a good lawyer, wanting to do good, freeing
> child molesters and 
> criminals back into my community would not be a first cause
> I would champion.
> 
> Sunil might feel that defending the unjustly accused --
> possibly from the death penalty or a lifetime of
> incarceration -- is as important as plowing snow.
> 
> His clients should understand when he tells them:
> "Look, I know that the attorney replacing me isn't
> nearly as good as I am, but he is competent, I swear! But I
> need to use my talents on nobler causes like widening
> sidewalks and affordable housing. Say hello to your wife and
> kids for me when you get out of prison."
> 
> Of course, all of the causes you listed are genuinely
> important. I'm not mocking them.
> 
> Each and every one of us could be doing more to make the
> world a better place, and Sunil is already doing more than I
> am, or will likely ever do.
> 
> Are you sure that you are qualified to throw stones?