From: Neil E. Amrhein (neil@compu-powr.com)
Date: Wed Oct 08 2003 - 09:02:13 PDT
Well, in reading your first statement, I'd like to believe you're really just judging them on their actions and not their age at all, since the dislike is qualified by "actions". I would hope nobody really has a prejudice against an age group based on the behavior of one individual? That's absurd. The individual may be a low-life, but you cannot label the entire group that way.
We agree on the lawyers, though. Although I know some very honest lawyers, the sleazy ones are giving them a bad reputation. Sort of like your age groupings, only by occupation.
MV stuff:
I think there was an ad in the last few MV magazines for someone in the Midwest selling Pinzgauers, but I cannot recall who. I'm sure someone else will tell you before I can check the magazine this evening.
--Neil
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Taylor" <usms@sbcglobal.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 10:42 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] [Not so MV] E-Bay and "Prohibited Items" / Mule question
> 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
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> 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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