Re: OT Humour, The Stella Awards


"Bob (this one)" <Bob@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Bill wrote:
>> "Bob (this one)" <Bob@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote
>>>Bill wrote:
>>>
>>>>"Jeff" <kidsdoc2000@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
>>>>>"Bob (this one)" <Bob@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>>>>
>>>>>(...)
>>>>>
>>>>>>Yes. Just like *every* restaurant does. Just like your home coffee maker
>>>>>>makes. Just like coffee drinkers demand. As for "full knowledge that
>>>>>>some would get burned," how on earth could anyone predict what would
>>>>>>happen? When you boil water at home, do you make it "with full knowledge
>>>>>>that some would get burned?"
>>>>>
>>>>>I take a shower most days with the full knowledge that people slip in
>>>>>tubs every day, some resulting in very serious injuries. I go swimming in
>>>>>the summer with the full knowledge that there is a very small risk of
>>>>>having a seizure and drowning. And I go in the car every day with the
>>>>>full knowledge that there will be around 115 people dying in car crashes
>>>>>on a given day.
>>>>>
>>>>>Risk is a part of life. And getting burned by coffee is a risk of
>>>>>drinking coffee.
>>>>>
>>>>So your argument is that if you get hit by a drunk driver who is negligent
>>>>that "Risk is part of life. And getting one's family killed while driving
>>>>is a risk of driving," Correct?
>>>
>>>Yes. Falls under the category "*** happens." Any more questions?
>>>
>>>Are you about to launch your tired, old "That's not how it should be"
>>>diatribe?
>>>
>>>Pastorio
>>
>> OK. So you would not sue in that situation, correct?
>
> I answered your question.
>
> This one about suing is a different one not at all germane to whether risk
> is a part of living and is stupidly, belligerently loaded rather than any
> real effort to get information. I'll answer it anyway just to see how you're
> going to disagreeably disagree. Would I sue? It would depend on lots of
> factors which any police officer or insurance salesperson can explain to
> you.
>
> Pastorio

No you have not answered the question. But I take it the answer is sometimes.

This leads to the point. You have said that both the coffee incident and being
hit by a drunk driver fall under the catagory of "*** Happens." And you
dismissed her award on that basis - that risk is a part of life.

If you would sue, in some cases, in the later situation why should she not in
the former?

(Also do you see the how this is germane now?)

Bill


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