There are those who see it as a farce all by itself, even when they love someone enough to say forever. As an institution marriage has become a joke. Over half of all marriages end before 8 years. Humans evolved as poly amorous tribe-dwellers. Our psychology and physiology don’t really support monogamy. Some people don’t feel like hurting the person they love by playing along with the farce.
Newspapers actually performed this function back then. People actually DID have these arguments – just like people argue now over our issues. They used ad hominem just as slickly as our commentators today.
Why would Zeke’s hurry to take Duke’s stuff contribute to your contempt for attorney’s. I mean, Zeke is the shit heel here (as always), not the attorney.
I would have expected Holdridge’s powers came from Gamma Phi Beta, or some other fraternity.