Post by TRIPWIRE on Mar 22, 2004 22:56:25 GMT -5
February 16, 2004
Runnaway Lawsuit Society
Written by David M. Hickerson.
Originally posted at tripwire.hickersonfamily.net/2004_0216.html
Anymore civil lawsuits are a total farce. For the most part, they simply ammount to someone saying "you offend me, give me your money." I cannot express my dissatisfaction with the way the U.S. court system functions lately, sending the message that anytime someone rubs you the wrong way you can demand money for the "damage they caused you." This is total bull and the lawyers that fight for these people know it, but they support it because they get their fat paychecks easy and free out of it.
Most recently, the OutKast Grammy performance comes to mind. Mind you, as of the time of this writing, there is no lawsuit, but you can see that CBS is clearly concerned that there could be one because they take the effort to apologize for it. What for? CBS didn't do anything but air it. OutKast (Andre 3000 and Big Boi -- incredibly stupid names for people) performed a song titled "Hey Ya!" which sported skantly-clad women in native american looking outfits. First thing I have to mention is the fact that I'm sure the native americans wore nothing even similar to what these women wore. Next, who gives a damn if the song offended the people at the Native American Cultural Center? I really don't, I'm sorry, I don't have any care for these little "ethnic groups" that try to promote their "culture" over the culture of the nation as a whole. I don't give any more respect to a native american than anyone else. Suffice to say, I think I am very respectful in general of anyone who isn't disrespectful to me.
Of course, who has forgotten the Janet Jackson half-time-strip-show? Honestly, I don't care about Janet's boob either. Hell, it wasn't even an attractive boob. There was a woman (Terri Carlin) who aparently saw fit to file a class action suit (I don't recall against who specifically) but she decided to withdraw the suit. Not sure why, I'm sure she and about 170 million other viewers would have won. Of course, they would have only gotten a few pennies for each person named on it, the lawers would have ran away with any significant portion of cash made by the suit.
Certainly no one forgets about the lawsuit against McDonalds about the hot coffee. I really don't care about the age of this poor coffee stained woman... I don't care about the fact that she got 480,000$-- good for her (I wonder how much her lawyer kept of that settlement). I don't even really care about the fact that the McDonalds coffee was made and kept at a higher temperature than most places. What I care about is the fact that this stupid woman was idiotic enough to put her coffee between her legs to put creamer into the cup. Don't put hot things there! Duh! Anyway, now just about everyplace I know of serves their coffee with a cup that says "caution, contents are hot." No shit.
I do have to at least aplaud the fact that the courts turned away the obesity lawsuit against McDonalds. I figure people should be inteligent enough to not eat the fatnasty stuff every day in the first place. Plus, you really can't just sue McDonalds for this... it would be more of a suit against the whole fast food industry. I don't see how that would ever really work out, and I'm glad that the courts didn't let that one fly.
Anyway, I'm just trying to point out that I think that our society has kinda run away with itself so far as these lawsuits are concerned. It seems to me that just about anyone can sue anyone for just about any thing, and I'll bet they have a 50/50 chance of wining, if not better... Please share your thoughts with me? Godbless!
Reference:
www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/16/cbs.outkast.reut/index.html
www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/02/10/jackson.fallout.ap/index.html
lawandhelp.com/q298-2.htm
www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/02/21/obesity.lawsuit/
Runnaway Lawsuit Society
Written by David M. Hickerson.
Originally posted at tripwire.hickersonfamily.net/2004_0216.html
Anymore civil lawsuits are a total farce. For the most part, they simply ammount to someone saying "you offend me, give me your money." I cannot express my dissatisfaction with the way the U.S. court system functions lately, sending the message that anytime someone rubs you the wrong way you can demand money for the "damage they caused you." This is total bull and the lawyers that fight for these people know it, but they support it because they get their fat paychecks easy and free out of it.
Most recently, the OutKast Grammy performance comes to mind. Mind you, as of the time of this writing, there is no lawsuit, but you can see that CBS is clearly concerned that there could be one because they take the effort to apologize for it. What for? CBS didn't do anything but air it. OutKast (Andre 3000 and Big Boi -- incredibly stupid names for people) performed a song titled "Hey Ya!" which sported skantly-clad women in native american looking outfits. First thing I have to mention is the fact that I'm sure the native americans wore nothing even similar to what these women wore. Next, who gives a damn if the song offended the people at the Native American Cultural Center? I really don't, I'm sorry, I don't have any care for these little "ethnic groups" that try to promote their "culture" over the culture of the nation as a whole. I don't give any more respect to a native american than anyone else. Suffice to say, I think I am very respectful in general of anyone who isn't disrespectful to me.
Of course, who has forgotten the Janet Jackson half-time-strip-show? Honestly, I don't care about Janet's boob either. Hell, it wasn't even an attractive boob. There was a woman (Terri Carlin) who aparently saw fit to file a class action suit (I don't recall against who specifically) but she decided to withdraw the suit. Not sure why, I'm sure she and about 170 million other viewers would have won. Of course, they would have only gotten a few pennies for each person named on it, the lawers would have ran away with any significant portion of cash made by the suit.
Certainly no one forgets about the lawsuit against McDonalds about the hot coffee. I really don't care about the age of this poor coffee stained woman... I don't care about the fact that she got 480,000$-- good for her (I wonder how much her lawyer kept of that settlement). I don't even really care about the fact that the McDonalds coffee was made and kept at a higher temperature than most places. What I care about is the fact that this stupid woman was idiotic enough to put her coffee between her legs to put creamer into the cup. Don't put hot things there! Duh! Anyway, now just about everyplace I know of serves their coffee with a cup that says "caution, contents are hot." No shit.
I do have to at least aplaud the fact that the courts turned away the obesity lawsuit against McDonalds. I figure people should be inteligent enough to not eat the fatnasty stuff every day in the first place. Plus, you really can't just sue McDonalds for this... it would be more of a suit against the whole fast food industry. I don't see how that would ever really work out, and I'm glad that the courts didn't let that one fly.
Anyway, I'm just trying to point out that I think that our society has kinda run away with itself so far as these lawsuits are concerned. It seems to me that just about anyone can sue anyone for just about any thing, and I'll bet they have a 50/50 chance of wining, if not better... Please share your thoughts with me? Godbless!
Reference:
www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/16/cbs.outkast.reut/index.html
www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/02/10/jackson.fallout.ap/index.html
lawandhelp.com/q298-2.htm
www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/02/21/obesity.lawsuit/