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Old 11-16-2006, 01:52 PM   #38
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Originally Posted by yesman065
How can you possibly put a numerical value on a limb, an eye or the ability to think, act, walk and so on.
That's exactly what Tort Reform does. It says: a human life, etc. cannot be worth more than X amount, so conduct yourselves accordingly.
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Originally Posted by yesman065
The next step would be to say that an artists limb is more valuable than a non-artists.
If working with that limb was part of an income they have lost the ability to generate, then it is more valuable by exactly that amount.
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