How Muhammad Ali Touched Me as a Boxer and as a Lawyer

     As a young man I was moved by Ali's boxing skills and bravado.

I sported his white shorts with black trim as a fighter. I danced, 

I jabbed and I often shot-off my mouth !

     Years later when I became a lawyer I was inspired by his frankness

and conviction for simple truths and justice knowing that the state would 

punish him for speaking them. Inspired by Ali - I write - I make legal 

submissions in court and before tribunals about fairness, natural justice

and The Rule of Law.  

     In punishing him the state amplified his message and made him much more

significant than itself.

     He forced the state to unwittingly live up to its own ideals and fundamental

principles.

     Long live the spirt of Muhammad Ali !