Natural selection at work

[Ldub]

Before you keep using the well-known '90's McDonalds lawsuit as an example of a frivolous lawsuit, I'd suggest you watch the movie "Hot Coffee" currently being shown on HBO.

That particular lawsuit, the real physical damage it caused to the elderly woman, and the repeated negligence displayed by McDonald leading up to the incident was twisted around by the media, the Bush administration, and the likes of Carl Rowe to pass tort reform which ended up making it near impossible for ANY U.S. citizens to seek reasonable recourse for legitimate damages against actual negligence of corporations.

Hopefully none of us here will ever have to find out the hard way the definition of "mandatory arbitration" should we be on the receiving end of any gross negligence of a business large enough to hide behind it's lawyers, but that's what happens when people believe everything they see and hear on tv.

Makes a person wonder just why this particular incident is being so widely reported.

I'm sorry...

Let's everyone pretend I used the warning label on my windshield sunshade as an example:

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE WITH SHADE IN PLACE

Is that a good enough example of a business covering it's @$$ due to possible frivolous litigation?

Of COURSE the McD's lawsuit was what popped into my mind as a prime example, but that's just me...

I've been drinking coffee for decades, & expect it to be hot...

Double sorry...

I don't pay for any televised broadcast, so I haven't seen any hard news on HBO...

Gosh, I feel so inadequate admitting I don't watch much TV..

[Marlin]

I've been drinking coffee for decades, & expect it to be hot...

MANY MANY DECADES!!!!

Double sorry...

I don't pay for any televised broadcast, so I haven't seen any hard news on HBO...

Gosh, I feel so inadequate admitting I don't watch much TV..

TV,ha, you probably had to listen to it on the radio......

(editors note: next time "highlight & embloden" stuff you add to my quoted post, it makes it more noticeable)...

L W

[Ldub]

TV,ha, you probably had to listen to it on the radio......

No...not exactly grommet...

I read it on the wall of a cave...

[Marlin]

I had changing the color in mind when I was typing it and got side tracked. We are packing for the ECORS race tomorrow. I get to play pit crew for team ISUZU!!!! YIPPPEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You will have to teach me how to rip those gnarly waves sometime.

[Ldub]

You will have to teach me how to rip those gnarly waves sometime.

LOL...been too many years...but feel free to use this as a reference...

"Grommet" was the best of both worlds reference that I could think of...since it included youth & oceania, both of which, can be associated with you better than I.

[Y33TREKker]

...Of COURSE the McD's lawsuit was what popped into my mind as a prime example, but that's just me...

That's the problem, it's NOT just you. There are a lot of people who still believe the spinned version of the story that was portrayed by the media, certain politicians, corporate America, etc.

I've been drinking coffee for decades, & expect it to be hot...

Double sorry...

I don't pay for any televised broadcast, so I haven't seen any hard news on HBO...

Gosh, I feel so inadequate admitting I don't watch much TV..

Go ahead and continue to make light of the suffering of the victim in this case if you think it will help you save face in this particular discussion. (Is that just you too?)

All I'll do is repeat that I hope none of us here ever fall victim to the same kind of treatment offered by those cover-their-@$$ laws enacted back then under the guise of those "necessary" tort reforms.

[Ldub]

Go ahead and continue to make light of the suffering of the victim in this case if you think it will help you save face in this particular discussion. (Is that just you too?)

OK...works for me...

And a TRIPLE sorry to you sir.....

I am so clueless that I hadn't yet realized my face needed saving...

I thought this was a conversation with differing viewpoints...

BTW, this thread started off with a random act of stupidity...

[Y33TREKker]

I am so clueless that I hadn't yet realized my face needed saving...

IMO, while your folksy verbiage is always a nice touch, acting without guile and actually being without guile are two different things. But that's just me.

I thought this was a conversation with differing viewpoints...

So did I. At least that's how they usually start anyway. Unfortunately, some just can't seem to let them go at that though. But......whadayagonado.

[VXR]

OK...works for me...

And a TRIPLE sorry to you sir.....

I am so clueless that I hadn't yet realized my face needed saving...

I thought this was a conversation with differing viewpoints...

BTW, this thread started off with a random act of stupidity...

[VXR]

I am so clueless that I hadn't yet realized my face needed saving

That is OK we will all wait...

[Ldub]

That is OK we will all wait...

You sir, have once again humbled me with your mildly terse, yet somehow benevolent replies...

When you post , I always feel enlightened, but must admit, my first reaction is to explain myself better...maybe typing really slow would help?

[VXR]

You sir, have once again humbled me with your mildly terse, yet somehow benevolent replies...

When you post , I always feel enlightened, but must admit, my first reaction is to explain myself better...maybe typing really slow would help?

[PK]

You just gonna have to type slower Dub.

He just can't keep up.

PK

[VXR]

I'm sorry...

Let's everyone pretend I used the warning label on my windshield sunshade as an example:

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE WITH SHADE IN PLACE

Is that a good enough example of a business covering it's @$$ due to possible frivolous litigation?

Of COURSE the McD's lawsuit was what popped into my mind as a prime example, but that's just me...

I've been drinking coffee for decades, & expect it to be hot...

Double sorry...

I don't pay for any televised broadcast, so I haven't seen any hard news on HBO...

Gosh, I feel so inadequate admitting I don't watch much TV..