Lol. UConn fans are the most insecure fans in existence.
It's the definition of click bait. Absolutely nothing new in the article.
Agreed. Generalizations of this nature are dangerous and unfair. Why lump the 99% of greedy Shylocks in with the 1% of lawyers who contribute substantively to society? Just doesn't make sense.
Lawyer jokes are hilarious. You should try to pry that telephone pole out of your rear end.
Obviously you are not a fan of Get Shorty or Be Cool but for the rest of us 50 lawyer jokes in 2 minute
#Boneyarding
Let's get our insults straight. "Shylock" is a moneylender or loan shark. "Shyster" is a shady lawyer (athough some schmucks consider that a oxymoron).
Correct, the anti-Semitic notion someone implied is also a reach. The historical/literary context has some Jewish connotations but otherwise it's a term referring to money lending and loan sharking.
This thread just made me spend a bunch of time looking to see if "shyster" had anti-semitic origins. In origins, no, although people may use a word as they see fit and imbue it with their own shades of meaning. (http://www.newyorklawjournal.com/id=900005387204/Is-Shyster-AntiSemitic?slreturn=20150614200858)
As a Jewish lawyer, my 3 cents (Jewish lawyers always charge more being Shylock shysters). Shylock was a Shakesperian Jewish character meant to portray the universally detested Jew. The name became synonymous with Jews who Christians viewed as money-grubbing money handlers. The Jewish connection with money lending was the direct product of the interpretation of the New Testament passages dealing with money changers being driven from the Temple. The result for centuries in Europe was the restriction to money lending activities to Jews, not Christians, the Jews being otherwise prohibited from many cross cultural occupations and from owning land. So as money lenders, they became hated.
