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Old 08-04-2009, 06:04 PM   #1
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OK, well this is the type of stupid lawsuit that has started happening over here and about which I am opposed.

A woman went to the pub, got pissed (after already being stoned at home) and when she walked out of the pub, she tripped over a speed bump in her drunken stupor and hurt her back. The pub had to pay her $250K because the stipes on the speedbump weren't white enough.

I know all the details because it happened to be the mother of an ex-boyfriend. She was just a trog and that money would have been better off going to charity than for her to spend on drugs and booze and cigarettes. Her 'sore back' didn't stop her from enjoying all those things still. Her lifestyle was not affected one little bit.

I realize what you're saying cloud, but it's just silly to clog up courtrooms with shit like this. In the end, if anything, the pub should have been ordered to pay medical costs and paint the speedbumps. Not give this woman $250k to smoke up. That's the problem. A lot of the people that enter into these lawsuits do it for all the wrong reasons.
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Old 08-04-2009, 09:55 PM   #2
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Frivolous law suites will be the one of the many nails in the coffin of this country.

This is one of the things that spook me about the internet; it seems that any comment or complaint is potential for liable.

On another note is that tween even her's once it hits twitter?
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Old 08-04-2009, 11:21 PM   #3
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Most frivolous lawsuits simply get dismissed, and there are heavy penalties imposed on attorneys who are found to have filed them. There will always be people who abuse the system, but there are also checks and balances in place to address it. People can try to sue for anything they want--achieving a desired result is a different story.
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Old 08-04-2009, 11:29 PM   #4
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That oddly makes me feel better
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Old 08-05-2009, 03:11 AM   #5
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Hey! There's a big spider on your hair!!!!


Well, wouldn't that make you shake your head?
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Old 08-05-2009, 12:30 PM   #6
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http://china.globaltimes.cn/society/2009-08/453958.html


The "teachers" should be slowly skinned alive.
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Old 08-05-2009, 07:51 PM   #7
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The "teachers" should be slowly skinned alive.
Well, I'm pretty sure his internet addiction is cured.

Reminds me of a news story I saw when in Japan. A 55 year old former teacher was being released from prison. He had been working at a reform school/sailing academy for wayward youth, but had beaten to death not one but two students (and two others were missing without trace).
He got five years in prison.
As he was being released, he said words to the effect of "I did nothing wrong. Physical punishment is educational. I am looking forward to returning to my position at the academy." [my emphasis.]
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Old 08-05-2009, 12:39 PM   #8
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i.e, we have bigger dicks, right?
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Old 08-07-2009, 03:39 PM   #9
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i.e, we have bigger dicks, right?
Yeah, right. Cling to that nugget why don't ya?!
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Old 08-05-2009, 05:11 PM   #10
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C'mon, Cloudie -- you know very well it's not the meat, but the motion!
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Old 08-05-2009, 05:16 PM   #11
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Ha! and Ha! again, I say!
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Old 08-06-2009, 08:59 AM   #12
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Calif is set to release 57,000 California prison inmates.

http://www.justicenewsflash.com/2009...090211748.html
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Old 08-06-2009, 07:51 PM   #13
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IMHO, the issue in Merc's lnik is just the tip of the iceberg.
Doesn't your bill of rights say that you have the right to be kept safe from harm while in the custody of the state?
Doesn't that mean that every single time someone is assaulted or raped or even exposed to disease while in prison, their civil rights have been violated? And the relevant authorities are criminally responsible for it, a la the Rodney King beat-down?

As you were. [/rant]
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Old 08-06-2009, 08:17 PM   #14
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Doesn't your bill of rights say that you have the right to be kept safe from harm while in the custody of the state?
Doesn't that mean that every single time someone is assaulted or raped or even exposed to disease while in prison, their civil rights have been violated? And the relevant authorities are criminally responsible for it, a la the Rodney King beat-down?

As you were. [/rant]
Uh, what? No, I don't think it says that. It says no cruel and unusual punishment may be inflicted, but that's not what you're describing.
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Old 08-06-2009, 08:24 PM   #15
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Uh, what? No, I don't think it says that. It says no cruel and unusual punishment may be inflicted, but that's not what you're describing.
Well, maybe it says both, you know. I think it says quite a few things.

I'm going on what I remember from the second Rodney King trial. After the poice were acquitted of assault, they were charged with the different crime of violating his civil rights by failing to ensure he was kept safe from harm etc.

I suppose I should look it up. Too lazy.
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