From: Bill Taylor (usms@sbcglobal.net)
Date: Wed Oct 08 2003 - 07:42:52 PDT
I disagree. Judgements based on people's age when backed up by their
actions are totally appropriate and can be used in many ways to
generalize. This guy has decided that he knows better than anyone else,
even when provided with case law and statutory proof that his viewpoint
is wrong.
Your lawsuit happy fellows are only that way because some lawyer has
agreed to take their case. If these lawyers did not take the cases,
there would be no law suit as most would not take the time to file the
papers to pursue the cases on their own. A few would, but the amount
would be negligible.
I spend a great deal of time around courts in my job. I've noticed over
the past 25 years or so that most everyone who appears in court swears
to tell the truth or swears to follow the court's instruction. The
jurors swear that they will be impartial, the court reporter swears she
will take the testimony to the best of her ability, the interpreters
swear they will interpret properly, the witnesses swear to tell the
truth. Who doesn't swear to tell the truth? The lawyers. Wonder what
the affect would be if those bottom feeders actually had to swear to
tell the truth in court?
And for my MV content. Does anyone know who it is in Indiana who is
selling Pinzgauzers?
Bill
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From: Military Vehicles Mailing List [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org] On
Behalf Of Neil E. Amrhein
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 10:06 AM
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Subject: Re: [MV] [Not so MV] E-Bay and "Prohibited Items" / Mule
question
Broad generalizations about personalities based upon people's age or
appearance is the same as those based upon race, country of birth,
etc... Judgments based on appearance are particularly disturbing.
Judgments based on behavior are totally appropriate, but age must be
taken into account. Almost everyone has misbehaved in their lives,
especially when they were young.
I don't blame eBay as much as I blame my lawsuit-happy fellow Americans
and the tort lawyers. I mean, just think of how offensive these items
could be to someone! They will sue us, and that costs money. We're
better off banning them.
When someone seeks to sue McDonald's because they are over-weight, I
cringe. When a lawyer actually takes the case, I see where the problem
lies.....
Just my $0.02
Now back to your regularly scheduled political, er, I mean, MV list.
Speaking of which: Anyone know how many M274A3's and M274A4's were
produced via the conversion process??
--Neil
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