The Mailman Cometh
A few readers didn't like the fact that I criticized AIG Chairman Maurice Greenberg last month for referring to plaintiff attorneys as "terrorists." In my March 8 column, headlined "Words Matter," I argued that it was wrong to lump trial lawyers with those who murder innocent people for political or religious causes. I also warned that on a practical level his poor choice of words could come back to haunt him by obscuring the sound reasoning behind his tort reform crusade.
Harry C. Crowell, an insurance company subscriber, e-mailed to say that he was "amazed" by my position. "There is no doubt that you have a very small definition of a terrorist," he wrote. "Terrorism comes in various forms. One is the schoolyard bully that picks on smaller children. Another is the very set of attorneys that Mr. Greenberg is referring to. They are the primary cause of so many insurance company problems."
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