Lets not forget the humongous multi billion dollar settlement that cities
use to educate the public on the ills of smoking..oh I forgot they use it
for everything EXCEPT that, lol. Do you know anyone who is not aware that
smoking is not good for you? Or drinking? Or drugs? Or eating too many
pancakes? Should we regulate pancakes? Maybe we should regulate common sense
or personal resbonsibility? You know, there will come a day when some
friendly lawyer will come along and take away our Lithium Polymer batteries
in the name of safety. It won't be too far a leap to wipe out the rest of
the hobby...to keep us safe. Then we can fly paper airplanes, but only after
you've dulled the edges to prevent the possibily of of paper cuts, not to
mention a warning label pasted on it.
"Paul McIntosh" <paul@mcintoshcentral.com> wrote in message
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> And, after all this, the tobacco companise STILL maintain their products
are
> safe!
>
> --
> Paul McIntosh
> http://www.rc-bearings.com
> "Frank Costa" <frankc29@REMOVETHISearthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:7wVOc.4340$cK.2314@newsread2.news.pas.earthli nk.net...
> > Rushed to the market...10 years of blind, double-blind, triple-blind, do
> it
> > over again, now do it backwards, now do it on the moon, now start
> > over...while so many hundreds, thousands who could have used the drugs
> long
> > after any sane person knows the drug is effective and safe die? This is
> > reasonable? When was the last time you purchased a ladder? Have you
> noticed
> > there are so many warning stickers on it, you can hardly see the
aluminum
> > anymore? Each the result of a multi-million dollar lawsuit because some
> > A-hole didn't realize he wasn't supposed to dance on the paint can
holder,
> > or some other genius didn't know he couldn't use the ladder while
wearing
> > wet socks? Rewarding stupidity and greed and crippling commerce in the
> name
> > of what? How many entrepreneurs and inventors have backed off of a great
> > idea or product because of fear of litigation? How many potential
doctors
> > have decided to heck with it, and become lawyers instead? How many
> would-be
> > good samaritans thought twice, wondering if the old ladies' family would
> sue
> > him if the CPR didn't work? Lawsuits are a necessary evil, like a
Tomahawk
> > missile, an ugly thing that should be wielded only as a last result, and
> if
> > you lose, which means your lawsuit had no validity in the first place,
you
> > PAY PAY PAY and PAY again. Then the Tomahawks will only come out when
> they
> > are needed. This is how the rest of the world, or most of it, has gone,
> and
> > it's the one area where the USA needs sorely to wake up. BTW, not to get
> > political (that annoys me as much as anyone), but if Kerry wins, folks,
we
> > are going to have an ambulance chaser as VP, a slip and fall lawyer.
That
> > should be enough to give anyone pause, and to let you know how far it's
> > gone.
> >
> >
> >
> > "Paul McIntosh" <paul@mcintoshcentral.com> wrote in message
> > news:410c163a$0$50407$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader01.plus.net...
> > > And then we have drugs rushed to market that we later find are causing
> > > massive birth defects and other problems. There are pros and cons to
> each
> > > side.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Paul McIntosh
> > > http://www.rc-bearings.com
> > > "Frank Costa" <frankc29@REMOVETHISearthlink.net> wrote in message
> > > news:HOSOc.4342$9Y6.3591@newsread1.news.pas.earthl ink.net...
> > > > There is nothing about Tort law that makes our lives safer. In fact,
> > they
> > > > make our lives LESS safe. Companies live in constant fear of putting
> out
> > > new
> > > > and innovative products out of fear of litigation.Drugs which can
save
> > > lives
> > > > must go through so many years of testing and overtesting before
beaing
> > > > released, while many die meanwhile needlessly, in the name of
> "safety".
> > > > Lawyers, through sick greed and little else, have crippled society i
n
> > many
> > > > ways.
> > > >
> > > > "Justin Mahn" <gabrilPanties@tcainternet.com> wrote in message
> > > > news:10gn0v41n71ordd@corp.supernews.com...
> > > > > The 'legal parasites' will only get more if you don't file. A lot
> of
> > > the
> > > > > profit in class action comes from when people DON'T claim their
> > portion.
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Justin Mahn
> > > > > remove Panties to e-mail
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > "Red Scholefield" <redscho@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
> > > > > news:NBCOc.639$g_5.509@bignews4.bellsouth.net...
> > > > > > Only if you feel you want to support the legal parasites of our
> > > country.
> > > > > > If any business is successful it appears they are ripe for some
> kind
> > > of
> > > > a
> > > > > > class action suit from maggots that tried to screw the pooch and
> > > > > > failed.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Red S.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > "Dirtnap" wrote in message
> > > > > > > Is it worth it to file if I have never had a dispute with
> Paypal?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > John
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
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> > >
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