[drlevy88]

Yellow Bird (up high in banana tree) sez: Thieves are infinitely more damaging to society than lawyers, whether you understand that concept or not.

Consider the magnifying effect that crafty lawyering can have through the creation of precedent. If a thief robs me of my wallet, only I am out the wallet. If a lawyer manipulates a legal system, the whole nation is out some measure of justice.

[Golden Eagle]

Most precidents have long been contested, and corrected if needed by higher courts. Your argument was essentially an apples to oranges comparison based on scale. I could easily counter it with another apples to oranges argument, but hopefully you see the actual original point instead:

Thieves are inherrently evil. They serve no useful purpose, ever. Lawyers, though certianly not all trustworthy, serve a common purpose. Like defending the Constitution, at times.

Perhaps you're one that sees no usefulness in that, which I probably can't help.