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By: Da Sissop
Date: 5/14/98 12:24:21 PM
# Replies: 8
So I was about to post the little apocalyptic skies graphic that Yahoo! uses for its weather conditions, with the comment that it has been unchanged for the last week... so I went to the page to grab it, and I was SHOCKED, nay, STUNNED to find that all three cities I monitor have the SAME SKIES!
We're doomed! Doomed, I say!
We really need to tighten up our borders. Durn illegal Mexican smoke comin' in and takin' all the good skies from our american-made smog... grumble mumble...
Response #1
By: rorschach
Date: 5/16/98 8:51:33 AM
ya know, I'm rather suprised someone hasn't filed a class action lawsuit against mexico, honduras and guatemala because they are all signatories to the nafta treaty which includes pollution controls. the argument tht this is a "natural" event doesn't hold water because the farmers set the fires to begin with. the argument that they are poor subsistance farmers and cant afford any other means of clearing the land doesn't work either because it is the political situation in these countries that keep the farmers poor. I say sue the pants (and shirts) offa them and laugh when they ask us to loan em more money....maybe a good revolution or two will help things along down there.....
Response #2
By: sooz
Date: 5/16/98 1:03:31 PM
Taking Ror's thought off to a tanget (tangent?) where he never meant it to go:
We're a sue-happy society. I've known this logically for some time, but it really hit home the other day.
A friend's son (16 years old) got off the city bus and darted across traffic, against the light. Ka-boom, he was hit by a car. Head injury deluxe. Months o' therapy, weeks of ICU. You get the picture.
My friend, being the logical person that she is, says "Danged kids think they're invincible. Hmph. Glad we have insurance, though." Her SISTER, on the other hand, was plotting who they could sue.
"We could sue Capitol Metro!"
"Um, how are they at fault?"
"Well, they could have told him cars were coming."
"Not their job. Once he's off the bus, he's on his own."
"But he's ADHD!!"
"Uh, he doesn't wear a sign that says that. He just looks like a young adult."
"OK. We'll sue the driver of the car."
"For what? Going, when her light was green?"
"Well, she could have honked!"
This went on for some time. I believe she's still looking for someone to sue.
Response #3
By: sooz
Date: 5/16/98 1:06:46 PM
Oops, I hit "submit" too soon.
I believe in personal responsibility. The 16 year old in the aforementioned story was at fault. Let's all quit trying to make money off stupidity, and just take responsibility for ourselves.
Response #4
By: rorschach
Date: 5/17/98 4:52:49 PM
actually, I agree with you sooz, and it is a valid tangent. far too many people have what I call the "oh poor me!" syndrome..... I was a bottle baby, my daddy spanked me, the school system didn't teach me, nodody 'll hire me, nobody will give me a chance, yadayada... thats why I live under a bridge and hold a sign saying "will beg for food/mucho dinero" while sucking down 12 packs of shitz malt liquor..... I mean SHIT! Get a LIFE! you are here because you are a fuck-up that couldn't be bothered to learn anything in school and quit to go hang out with your dope headed buddies and get high/drunk and laugh at all the poor slobs in school. now you have no job skills and the only functioning brain cell you have left is stoned on alchohol..... whose fault is that now?
Response #5
By: Ralf
Date: 5/17/98 10:09:18 PM
I think all this litigation would come to a screeching halt if we enacted a "double or nothing" clause.
Lose your case, and owe 1x the amount you're suing for to the defendant, and 1x to the state.
Response #6
By: Shadow Sprite
Date: 5/19/98 9:05:04 AM
Yes, but a "double or nothing" clause would put lawers out of a job and into the streets... and do we really want lawers in the streets? ...okay maybe in a crowded freeway, without a car, but beyond that...
Response #7
By: Mycroft
Date: 5/19/98 3:02:13 PM
I personaly like the litigous turn our society has taken. people say that we should stop trying to make money off of stupidity, but with all the stupidity out there, something should be done. It's valiant environmental efforts like these that keep the ground from being littered with stupidity. Civil lawyers, talk-show hosts, and infomercial producers should all be honored for putting all that stupidity to good use.
Response #8
By: Ralf
Date: 5/20/98 12:02:31 AM
A moron reads up on ice fishing, and is so excited by the concept that he grabs a saw and his fishing rod and heads for the nearest frozen body o'water.
He's just beginning to saw a hole in the ice in preparation of some really great ice fishing when this voice booms from the sky: "THERE ARE NO FISH UNDER THE ICE!"
Startled, he looks up, shrugs, and moves 25 feet north and begins sawing again.
"THERE ARE NO FISH UNDER THE ICE!" thunders the voice again.
Falling to his knees, the shaken man shouts, "Oh Lord, then tell me where the fish are and I will go where you tell me!"
The voice issues forth once more, "I'M NOT GOD, I'M THE SKATING RINK ATTENDANT, AND THERE ARE *NO FISH UNDER THE ICE*!"