They are generally less enlightened than your average person :) But seriously, when I was in law school it was funny how many arts students were wanna-be lawyers.
The mere fact that journalists are actually publishing this kind of material against our PM shows the real lack of respect that people have for her position.
Julia Gillard is in panic mode. Why else would you do something like this? But then again, her name is already mud so it's unlikely this article could do that much further damage