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Pages: 1 Posted:  27 Nov 2007 15:59 Administrator Currently Offline Posts:  4786 Join Date: Jul 2007 Weird Al makes a brilliant point about the over suing going on in America. __________________ Lucas McCain the Rifleman: A man doesn't run from a fight, Mark...but that doesn't mean you should go running *to* one, either. Posted:  27 Nov 2007 16:41 Registered User Currently Offline Posts:  247 Join Date: Aug 2007 Now what can I say- that is just darn funny. Weird Al makes a great point, but there is an equally valid counterpoint. If the government is not going to take on the issue of safety standards in an environment where plenty of things ARE legitamately dangerous- then the market has to pick up the slack; that means trial lawyers and of course, frivolous lawsuits. Otherwise, we'd all be brushing our teeth with Chinese asbestos. By the way, Rage Against the Machine is a terrible band, and if they're going to return- they should be mocked. I should sue them for the terrible invention of rap metal. Posted:  27 Nov 2007 16:49 Administrator Currently Offline Posts:  4786 Join Date: Jul 2007 When I think of unneccessary law suits I think of people suing McDonald's because eating their food everyday made them fat, or their coffee was too hot. I think what we are missing is personal responsibility on the part of the consumer. On the other hand if the product has some hidden unforseen problem like lead paint or other poisons especially in food then lawsuits are appropriate. It's like who doesn't know eating McDonald's food everyday would make you fat, but fish from China should be outlawed for the hidden nasty carcinogens and the like. __________________ Lucas McCain the Rifleman: A man doesn't run from a fight, Mark...but that doesn't mean you should go running *to* one, either. Posted:  27 Nov 2007 16:51 Administrator Currently Offline Posts:  4786 Join Date: Jul 2007 oh and you know I wouldn't know Rage Against the Machine if I met them. I just can't keep track of bands that didn't exist in the 80's. __________________ Lucas McCain the Rifleman: A man doesn't run from a fight, Mark...but that doesn't mean you should go running *to* one, either. Posted:  27 Nov 2007 22:43 Registered User Currently Offline Posts:  1408 Join Date: Jul 2007 The market is a remarkably self-cleansing system, and when legitimate cases of fraud exist, there are and should be legal recourses, but at least as terrifying to a business as a lawsuit is the prospect of bad publicity. __________________ 1 TIMOTHY 1 15 This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. Posted:  28 Nov 2007 03:13 Registered User Currently Offline Posts:  247 Join Date: Aug 2007 Except in cases where nobody knows what is in a product and the company lobbies to keep it that way. Where's the warning label for all the plastics that have increased estrogen levels in men over the years? I'm not saying someone should be sued, but Americans ate a lot of poisoned meat before Teddy Roosevelt said the government should inspect the stuff. Posted:  28 Nov 2007 04:25 Registered User Currently Offline Posts:  1408 Join Date: Jul 2007 Quote: Except in cases where nobody knows what is in a product and the company lobbies to keep it that way. I would consider that fraud. You ought to have a right to sell anything that's yours, but you don't have the right to lie about it. I may be in favor of maximized liberty, but not anarchy. Without the rule of law, nobody has any liberty.   There was a lady back home (in Louisiana) when I was a kid that was taking the discarded frog carcasses from restaurants that serve frog legs. She was salvaging meat from the rest of the frog and selling it as 'chicken salad'. She went to jail and she should have, not because she was selling something that was bad for you, but because when I buy chicken salad, I have a reasonable legal expectation that it be chicken salad.   I'm still a little disappointed that my 'dolphin free tuna' doesn't actually come with a free dolphin, but life is full of disappointments. __________________ 1 TIMOTHY 1 15 This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. Posted:  29 Nov 2007 01:03 Administrator Currently Offline Posts:  4786 Join Date: Jul 2007 Yeah, fraud shouldn't be allowed. If a company willfully puts proven harmful ingredients into something they should be stopped and punished. __________________ Lucas McCain the Rifleman: A man doesn't run from a fight, Mark...but that doesn't mean you should go running *to* one, either. Posted:  29 Nov 2007 05:09 Registered User Currently Offline Posts:  1408 Join Date: Jul 2007 Now the self-cleansing aspect of this is that even if that same lady had not been jailed, once word had gotten out as to the true ingredients of her 'chicken salad' she would have gone out of business anyway. Even if she had actually switched to chicken salad. __________________ 1 TIMOTHY 1 15 This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. Pages: 1

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