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The use of the words Cowboy and Muppets is truly inappropriate.
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I can understand that anyone involved in the profession is offended by insults like "cowboy" or "muppet". But I can see why titles such as those would be applied. Whle it is probably a small minority of the legal profession who have acted unprofessionally, that is enough to instil fear and distrust in the general public, for whom Law is already an unfamiliar area. As far as I am aware, the legal profession is one the few (or only?) profession that still self-regulates - I believe this leaves the whole profession vulnerable to the incompetence/dishonesty of a few.