Winning isn't everything

[Baggers]

There you go, you can even learn something from somebody with less morals than a lawyer, a profession that feeds itself off the misery of others.

Holy mackerel, Spotted One. You've just invalidated the best of intentions from, and dare I disagree, a very honourable and well meaning group of people. I have a few very close friends who are relationship counsellors and they're really decent folks in a really difficult -- often on a hiding to nothing -- profession.

I've been to a marriage guidance counsellor and he was a bloody ripper. Fair, smart and compassionate. Helped enormously... from the Bouverie Centre in Carlton.

Marriage / relationship guidance/counselling is no different to many other professions in that there are degrees of competence. If you're not happy with a certain counsellor, go to another one.

And... yep, there's more, a close family friend (hec, I'll name her though not wanting to embarrass her), Tammi Faraday, as a lawyer she gave up her time every week to journey to Springvale to donate her time giving legal advise to all manner of folks in trouble. Then she went to ACA (brilliant reporter). A courageous social activist. I can also give you the names of a number of champion lawyers from Freehills who give till it hurts helping folks.

Hec, Michael 'Dan' Mori, gave me enormous help in regard to certain unpleasant things that happened to me in the military and what I could do about it - social activist and deeply honourable. (He was the lawyer Lt Colonel in the Marines who represented prisoners at Guantanamo Bay and has since moved to Aust).