Stupid Lawsuits

DarkDudeDarkDude Join Date: 2003-08-06 Member: 19088Members
edited September 2003 in Discussions
<div class="IPBDescription">Has it gone too far?</div> I'd like to send you to this, very funny site. You wont be bored and it does bring up a good point, somewhere deep in it's hilarious depths: Why does everything in the mainstream media or gaming industry containing even slight violence, get blamed for the Western Worlds problems?

<a href='http://www.seanbaby.com/news/col-lawsuit2.htm' target='_blank'>http://www.seanbaby.com/news/col-lawsuit2.htm</a> and here's another good one - <a href='http://www.seanbaby.com/news/nike.htm' target='_blank'>http://www.seanbaby.com/news/nike.htm</a> and finally this good one - <a href='http://www.seanbaby.com/news/jackass.htm' target='_blank'>http://www.seanbaby.com/news/jackass.htm</a> (warning: VERY bad language, don't go if your sensitive)

This guy gets **** off just like I do, it's crazy! All of this censorship, blaming the games and the T.V. shows for all the school shootings and people setting themselves on fire because they think they are the Anti-Christ, rising to take over the world.

I know somebody has something in their sig talking about this but the real problem in the world is stupid people. For all the great smart people of the world there are 1000 stupid people and it really gets annoying.

Your thoughts on this. Has it gone to far? Am I just wrong? Are there massive amounts of stupid people willing to set themselves on fire, or willing to believe that Joe Millionare and The Bachelor are real? Or maybe am I just the stupid person? Here's the link for all of the Seanbaby Probe's "stories". - <a href='http://www.seanbaby.com/news.htm' target='_blank'>http://www.seanbaby.com/news.htm</a>

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  • QuaunautQuaunaut The longest seven days in history... Join Date: 2003-03-21 Member: 14759Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    Where I live, there is a new name for stuff like this, being that Californians created the problem more or less(I'm a californian, I mean the stupid ones)- "California Suits". AKA-stupid, worthless, and the judge deserves to be smacked.
  • Marine0IMarine0I Join Date: 2002-11-14 Member: 8639Members, Constellation
    Dont stress too much about these lawsuits. In Australia there was a big hubub when some guy was "house sitting" for his relatives. They had a small channel beside the house, with a fence over the top of it. The channel was roughly 20-25cm deep. He gets drunk, climbs up on the fence, dives into 25cm of water and breaks his neck. Then, as a quadraplegic, he sues the owners of the house for not having a warning sign there. And he wins, he gets over a million.

    Everyone starts a racket, gradually story fades. Now I find out (when I mentioned this in my legal class in YR12) that that fool lost it on appeal, and appearently its pretty common for that too happen. The law isnt clarified enough, the judge is forced to rule in favour of the jackass, then the High Court overturns it.

    It all works out in the end fellas, they rarely get away with it.
  • SirusSirus Join Date: 2002-11-13 Member: 8466Members, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    Do what they do in other countries, if you lose the case, you pay for all the court fees.

    That should end the frivelous lawsuits.
  • Marine0IMarine0I Join Date: 2002-11-14 Member: 8639Members, Constellation
    Well unfortunately we have "no-win, no pay" lawyers. And while this guy had a million dollars for a very short space of time (money he COULDNT access while the case was still under appeal), he actually lost even more money when the court ordered he pay costs when the appeal against him won.
  • MulletMullet Join Date: 2003-04-28 Member: 15910Members, Constellation
    This could kind of tie in with lawsuits, but, I hate how we get in trouble at school now when we give our friend a dead arm....You can't call anyone stupid or ANYTHING without them bitching and moaning...I called my buddy a retard at school, and I got like 5 days of detention...He didnt even care either.


    Our world is turning into a bunch of sissys.
  • ParhelionParhelion Join Date: 2003-05-29 Member: 16821Members, NS1 Playtester
    <!--QuoteBegin--Sirus+Sep 21 2003, 01:49 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Sirus @ Sep 21 2003, 01:49 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Do what they do in other countries, if you lose the case, you pay for all the court fees.

    That should end the frivelous lawsuits. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    The problem, though, is that people bringing up ludicrous lawsuits often win. The only surefire way to prevent more people suing left, right and centre is to lay down the law (excuse the pun) and simply throw out all cases of frivolity.

    How is it that an armed robber can sue the innocent home/shop-owner if he is overpowered and suffers a grievous injury? Or the lady who (recently) sued a pub because she drank too much and crashed her car on the way home, injuring herself quite badly? I remember a case of the former where the robber won, nearly forcing the shop-owner to close down, and I know the latter was (fortunately) thrown out.

    Another area of concern (especially to me, since I’m hellbent on a career in medicine) is professional indemnity when treatment goes wrong – there’s almost a perception throughout the general community that doctors are gods and that they can’t make mistakes...but they are human, they do make mistakes, and they shouldn’t be forced to pay outrageous amounts of insurance and be taken to court when they make a mistake here and there. Note that I’m not against suing doctors that truly are negligent, but “negligence” is a term that is applied too often, and for too much gain.
  • Marine0IMarine0I Join Date: 2002-11-14 Member: 8639Members, Constellation
    They SEEM to win Parhelion, but in the end they lose out - you just never hear about it. The law catches up with everyone, and while it may seem to make ludicrous decisions at times, you never hear about the appeals. Thus our courts are clogged up while the High Court attempts to make idiot proof legislation by adding masses of qualifiers for the "special people" of our community.
  • DarkDudeDarkDude Join Date: 2003-08-06 Member: 19088Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Mullet+Sep 21 2003, 03:02 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Mullet @ Sep 21 2003, 03:02 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Our world is turning into a bunch of sissys. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Amen. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

    Too many people thinking that sueing is just a get rich quick scheme. So now instead of people sueing a company for a legit reasons such as- A large box uncarefully suspended by a thin wire drops and crushes a mans leg, taking away his ability to walk.- We get these **** law suits like- Sueing McDonalds because they "made" you fat with their propaganda.... ****.

    We all know, or all should know, that McDonalds is some of the most unhealthy food ever made. We all know that if you eat McDonalds breakfast, lunch, and dinner, you're going to become as fat as a cow. Yet another fact of life; and now because of this McDonalds is gonna turn they're already rubber like food into plastic with all of the new health ****. Hopefully this will sort itself out, hopefully we went have millions upon millions of stupid lawsuits every year but I just don't see this happening. The amount of them just keeps growing and growing. Who knows where it will end... <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • BlackMageBlackMage [citation needed] Join Date: 2003-06-18 Member: 17474Members, Constellation
    some people just need time ... to grow a brain
  • XzilenXzilen Join Date: 2002-12-30 Member: 11642Members, Constellation
    edited September 2003
    <!--QuoteBegin--Mullet+Sep 21 2003, 03:02 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Mullet @ Sep 21 2003, 03:02 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> This could kind of tie in with lawsuits, but, I hate how we get in trouble at school now when we give our friend a dead arm....You can't call anyone stupid or ANYTHING without them bitching and moaning...I called my buddy a retard at school, and I got like 5 days of detention...He didnt even care either.


    Our world is turning into a bunch of sissys. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    While I kind of see your point, I just got assaulted at college last night while trying to buy drugs while half-drunk. Call me a sissy, but I'm pressing charges against the kid. Frankly, he should have been grateful I was trying to buy, and not said Shut the **** up to me, throwing me into a depressed mood where I repeatedly asked "dude why did you tell me to SUYF" until he punched me in the face to be cool :-\



    I don't think violence is a good thing, with the exception of maybe as you said, a dead arm.
  • lazygamerlazygamer Join Date: 2002-01-28 Member: 126Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->
    I know somebody has something in their sig talking about this but the real problem in the world is stupid people. For all the great smart people of the world there are 1000 stupid people and it really gets annoying.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Ok there is something I want to know. How far does this stupid people thing spread? Is the US the only place with an extreme stupid person to non-stupid person ratio? Or is it a worldwide thing?
  • DarkDudeDarkDude Join Date: 2003-08-06 Member: 19088Members
    It's worldwide, though I'm sure America had a larger per capita amount of people doing stupid stuff.
  • DarkDudeDarkDude Join Date: 2003-08-06 Member: 19088Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Xzilen+Sep 21 2003, 01:17 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Xzilen @ Sep 21 2003, 01:17 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> While I kind of see your point, I just got assaulted at college last night while trying to buy drugs while half-drunk. Call me a sissy, but I'm pressing charges against the kid. Frankly, he should have been grateful I was trying to buy, and not said Shut the **** up to me, throwing me into a depressed mood where I repeatedly asked "dude why did you tell me to SUYF" until he punched me in the face to be cool :-\



    I don't think violence is a good thing, with the exception of maybe as you said, a dead arm. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Nah, you're not a sissy if you press charges. Only if you press charges for something so stupid you should have to pay restitution for even bringing it to the judges attention. Like shooting a guy and sueing him for getting blood on your 250$ shirt; that's what I would consider a sissy. God I hate stupid people....
  • XzilenXzilen Join Date: 2002-12-30 Member: 11642Members, Constellation
    Ah okay, I got ya now.

    Thank you.
  • Marine0IMarine0I Join Date: 2002-11-14 Member: 8639Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin--Xzilen+Sep 21 2003, 01:17 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Xzilen @ Sep 21 2003, 01:17 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--Mullet+Sep 21 2003, 03:02 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Mullet @ Sep 21 2003, 03:02 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> This could kind of tie in with lawsuits, but, I hate how we get in trouble at school now when we give our friend a dead arm....You can't call anyone stupid or ANYTHING without them bitching and moaning...I called my buddy a retard at school, and I got like 5 days of detention...He didnt even care either.


    Our world is turning into a bunch of sissys. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    While I kind of see your point, I just got assaulted at college last night while trying to buy drugs while half-drunk. Call me a sissy, but I'm pressing charges against the kid. Frankly, he should have been grateful I was trying to buy, and not said Shut the **** up to me, throwing me into a depressed mood where I repeatedly asked "dude why did you tell me to SUYF" until he punched me in the face to be cool :-\



    I don't think violence is a good thing, with the exception of maybe as you said, a dead arm. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    lol I dont like your chances man.

    Well you see your honour, I had been on the rum and coke half the night, and I decided that I could REALLY go for some weed right now. So I goes to this kid...

    Eheheheh you're gonna have to admit that A) You were drunk in public and B)that you were attempting to by illegal drugs. (unless the drug isnt illegal where r u?)

    If it was me, I wouldnt be pressing charges.
  • BlackMageBlackMage [citation needed] Join Date: 2003-06-18 Member: 17474Members, Constellation
    i have a strange feeling that:
    a) it was an example or
    b) hes not gonna press charges
    im kinda hopin for a
  • Marine0IMarine0I Join Date: 2002-11-14 Member: 8639Members, Constellation
    Oh, stupid stupid stupid me.

    Now I reread it, it seems obvious that its an example...

    Oh dear, never post when tired is a great rule of thumb to follow.
  • CplDavisCplDavis I hunt the arctic Snonos Join Date: 2003-01-09 Member: 12097Members
    I cant belive how some states are seriosuly considering to put taxes on junk food.

    b/c a bunch of overweght people are suing McDonnalds for making them obese.

    WHAT?!?
    if this ever were to pass....

    Im not obese, in fact you could say Im a little underweight. But other then that Im athletic and physically fit.
    So why should I have to pay more for a bag of chips b/c some other person cant manage their own health.


    States pay out hundreds of millions every year b/c people sue state employees or towns for tiny stupid things. NY shelled out something like $450 million in frivoless lawsuits last year for example.

    Some woman backs her van into a pipe and puts a hole into her rear window b/c its too hard to look when you back up. Solution, sue the town.

    As a tax apyer im fed up with seeing my tax money going into some moron's pockets instead of education or health care. <!--emo&:angry:--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/mad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='mad.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • dr_ddr_d Join Date: 2003-03-28 Member: 14979Members
    edited September 2003
    <!--QuoteBegin--Marine01+Sep 21 2003, 06:24 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Marine01 @ Sep 21 2003, 06:24 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--Xzilen+Sep 21 2003, 01:17 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Xzilen @ Sep 21 2003, 01:17 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--Mullet+Sep 21 2003, 03:02 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Mullet @ Sep 21 2003, 03:02 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> This could kind of tie in with lawsuits, but, I hate how we get in trouble at school now when we give our friend a dead arm....You can't call anyone stupid or ANYTHING without them bitching and moaning...I called my buddy a retard at school, and I got like 5 days of detention...He didnt even care either.


    Our world is turning into a bunch of sissys. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    While I kind of see your point, I just got assaulted at college last night while trying to buy drugs while half-drunk. Call me a sissy, but I'm pressing charges against the kid. Frankly, he should have been grateful I was trying to buy, and not said Shut the **** up to me, throwing me into a depressed mood where I repeatedly asked "dude why did you tell me to SUYF" until he punched me in the face to be cool :-\



    I don't think violence is a good thing, with the exception of maybe as you said, a dead arm. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    lol I dont like your chances man.

    Well you see your honour, I had been on the rum and coke half the night, and I decided that I could REALLY go for some weed right now. So I goes to this kid...

    Eheheheh you're gonna have to admit that A) You were drunk in public and B)that you were attempting to by illegal drugs. (unless the drug isnt illegal where r u?)

    If it was me, I wouldnt be pressing charges. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Marine that's all unadmissable evidence, if it's a battery charge, which it would be in this case, or possibly assault and battery, the only thing that matters is proving the defendant did it. You could say you were smacked up on heroine, had 5 pounds of weed in your car, and had drank 4 bottles of liquor and all you would have to do is prove that you were assaulted without provokation and you would win the case.

    The law handles one thing at a time so it doesn't get bogged down.
  • Smoke_NovaSmoke_Nova Join Date: 2002-11-15 Member: 8697Members
    Assuming you live in America, you live in the land of stupid lawsuits. Some lawsuits make sense, but many don't.


    Also, people (specifically your average joe American) is lazy and doesn't want to work his arse off to earn millions. So they sue if they can.
  • CplDavisCplDavis I hunt the arctic Snonos Join Date: 2003-01-09 Member: 12097Members
    edited September 2003
    oh never mind.

    self edited <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • DarkDudeDarkDude Join Date: 2003-08-06 Member: 19088Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--SmokeNova+Sep 23 2003, 04:05 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (SmokeNova @ Sep 23 2003, 04:05 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Also, people (specifically your average joe American) is lazy and doesn't want to work his arse off to earn millions. So they sue if they can. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    "Hi Joe!" "Hey Bill!" *Hand shake* <!--emo&:angry:--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/mad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='mad.gif'><!--endemo--> "You b**tard Bill! You hit me!!" "What!?" "You know what I said!!! I'm gonna sue you for harassing my hand!!" "I'm gonna sue YOU for insulting my ears with your loud voice!!" "I'm gonna counter-sue you for suing me with a bad lawsuit!" "OOoOO no you don't!! I'll counter-sue you first after my first suit win against you!!" Ok, you get the picture...

    <b>Now here's the clarified version</b>: <i>Bill</i>- "Hi Joe!" <i>Joe</i>- "Hey Bill!" *Hand shake* <!--emo&:angry:--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/mad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='mad.gif'><!--endemo--> <i>Joe</i>- "You b**tard Bill! You hit me!!" <i>Bill</i>- "What!?" <i>Joe</i>- "You know what I said!!! I'm gonna sue you for harassing my hand!!" <i>Bill</i>- "I'm gonna sue YOU for insulting my ears with your loud voice!!" <i>Joe</i>- "I'm gonna counter-sue you for suing me with a bad lawsuit!" <i>Bill</i>- "OOoOO no you don't!! I'll counter-sue you first after my first suit wins against you!!" Ok, you get the picture...

    Soon this wil be happening, mark my words. If the governments don't step in and stop this bullsh*t the courts will get filled with this! Thinking about it just makes me angrier. Some poor family with an injured kid may have to sue the guy who broke both of his legs, punctured his lung, cracked his ribs, and destroyed his liver but instead the judge gets some piece or crap lawsuit about a sexual harassment case that some greedy **** brought up against her boss. Ugg, when is this gonna stop?
  • That_Annoying_KidThat_Annoying_Kid Sire of Titles Join Date: 2003-03-01 Member: 14175Members, Constellation
    I for one have been upset with the amount of lawsuits that defy common sense, however some lawsuits that seem silly actually aren't

    remeber the sue mcdonalds becuase of the hot coffee?

    that coffee was actually +200 degrees F, and it gave the woman sever burns, but the public didn't see that

    they saw someone suing mcdonalds for hot coffee


    BUT some lawsuits like the guy who falls thru a skylight breaking into your house and sues you is just no

    use common sense, it's a pity that most people these days don't
  • DarkDudeDarkDude Join Date: 2003-08-06 Member: 19088Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--That Annoying Kid+Sep 25 2003, 12:07 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (That Annoying Kid @ Sep 25 2003, 12:07 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> remeber the sue mcdonalds becuase of the hot coffee?

    that coffee was actually +200 degrees F, and it gave the woman sever burns, but the public didn't see that

    they saw someone suing mcdonalds for hot coffee <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Still, I mean come on. Can I sue a cleaning supply company if I drop some corrorsive bleach on my skin? I mean it's my fault; warnings are pasted all over these products and I didn't heed them. While that coffee is VERY hot, I think that the Caution: HOT COFFEE should be enough to warn this person to BE CAREFUL. I just think it's madness that because someone was an idiot and spilled their coffee on themselves that automatically allows them to sue...
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