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Ultimate 'Not Taking Resposibility for Own Actions' Lawsuit
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Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#1 - 2013-01-04 11:20:50 UTC
Congratulations America !Roll

http://www.idahostatesman.com/2013/01/02/2398402/inmates-the-beer-made-me-do-it.html

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Jenavee De'amore
New LIfe corp
#2 - 2013-01-04 13:07:51 UTC
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
Congratulations America !Roll

http://www.idahostatesman.com/2013/01/02/2398402/inmates-the-beer-made-me-do-it.html


They can't be serious Straight
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#3 - 2013-01-04 13:33:32 UTC  |  Edited by: Krixtal Icefluxor
Jenavee De'amore wrote:
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
Congratulations America !Roll

http://www.idahostatesman.com/2013/01/02/2398402/inmates-the-beer-made-me-do-it.html


They can't be serious Straight



Apparently they are. Was lead story on CNN an hour ago.




edit: more evidence of my "The Age of Self-Entitlement" 'project'.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Vilnius Zar
SDC Multi Ten
#4 - 2013-01-04 13:55:15 UTC
Watch it happen, in a country full of bizarre extremes and zero logic clowns anything is possible.
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#5 - 2013-01-04 14:05:35 UTC
Vilnius Zar wrote:
Watch it happen, in a country full of bizarre extremes and zero logic clowns anything is possible.



As a non-proud American...."I heartily endorse this statement". Smile

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Calico-Jack Daniels
#6 - 2013-01-04 14:17:29 UTC
Please don't judge us all by the stupid actions of the few.... Some of us are actually intelligent in this country. Cool

I go well with Quafe...
Lukas Flamesword
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#7 - 2013-01-04 14:24:18 UTC
well. remove that stupid thing! no one are allowed to sue EVER! as an European i can clearly see that it only causes trouble. it does not do justice anymore. just a way that people can accuse others for problems in life.
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#8 - 2013-01-04 14:37:01 UTC
Calico-Jack Daniels wrote:
Please don't judge us all by the stupid actions of the few.... Some of us are actually intelligent in this country. Cool



"some" is not an impressive number.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#9 - 2013-01-04 14:37:56 UTC  |  Edited by: Krixtal Icefluxor
Lukas Flamesword wrote:
well. remove that stupid thing! no one are allowed to sue EVER! as an European i can clearly see that it only causes trouble. it does not do justice anymore. just a way that people can accuse others for problems in life.



It is Blink"The Age of Self-Entitlement" writ large ........................most indeed.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Frank Millar
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#10 - 2013-01-04 14:47:59 UTC
Oh. Wow. Shocked
Jenavee De'amore
New LIfe corp
#11 - 2013-01-04 15:01:28 UTC

We're seeing more and more stupid people all over the globe because natural selection is obsolete. Technological advancements protect the stupid and intelligence is no longer essential to survive Straight
Bane Necran
Appono Astos
#12 - 2013-01-04 15:02:17 UTC
Quote:
claiming that the companies are responsible because they don’t warn consumers that their products are addictive.


Countdown until we have to look at pictures of livers with Cirrhosis on our alcohol begins now.

"In the void is virtue, and no evil. Wisdom has existence, principle has existence, the Way has existence, spirit is nothingness." ~Miyamoto Musashi
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#13 - 2013-01-04 15:06:20 UTC
The dudes should have gone to AA Meetings a while back (they do work as I will personally vouch....they are the only solution, tbh).

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Akita T
Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force
#14 - 2013-01-04 15:17:43 UTC  |  Edited by: Akita T
As if the lawsuit is about the actual claims of the lawsuit... nobody there ACTUALLY believes any of that, not the plaintiffs, nor the judges. However, it's about gaming the law and what can be proven, even if the obvious responsibility lies somewhere else from a common sense perspective.
That's why it's called a law court, they play the law game, where, just like in tennis, they pass the official blame ball from one side to the other until somebody deflects it out of the provable bounds and they lose :p

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Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#15 - 2013-01-04 15:21:57 UTC
Akita T wrote:
As if the lawsuit is about the actual claims of the lawsuit... nobody there ACTUALLY believes any of that, not the plaintiffs, nor the judges. However, it's about gaming the law and what can be proven, even if the obvious responsibility lies somewhere else from a common sense perspective.
That's why it's called a law court, they play the law game, where, just like in tennis, they pass the official blame ball from one side to the other until somebody deflects it out of the provable bounds and they lose :p



Agreed.

But it is damaging to the already fragile intellectual state of America....which is almost non-existent at this time.

Most will not truly comprehend these ideas and will only see it for the "yeah, fight it boy' aspects.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Akita T
Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force
#16 - 2013-01-04 15:30:48 UTC  |  Edited by: Akita T
TBQFH, I fear there's a small chance America will turn into the Christian version of "1979's Iran" eventually, so there's a lot more to be worried about than frivolous greedy lawsuits.
But I digress.

People these days are actually smarter, but they act a lot dumber due to lack of rigorous education. And the entitlement culture instilled from early on doesn't help at all either, quite the opposite (and quite a lot so).
Frankly, as long as parents insist more on schools that act more like daytime jails for their kids rather than a place of learning, focusing on cheap teachers that have little interest in teaching because they have to act more like nannies, and as long as this nonsense about child coddling continues, education will keep declining, and the "apparent IQ" will keep on dropping.

I mean, seriously, look at the portrayal of highschools and jails in TV shows and movies.
Does anybody have the gonadal fortitude to claim they're not disgustingly similar, after you adjust for the obvious mandatory differences ?

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Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#17 - 2013-01-04 15:41:03 UTC
Akita T wrote:

People these days are actually smarter, but they act a lot dumber due to lack of rigorous education.



I scream uselessly about this all the time.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#18 - 2013-01-04 15:44:14 UTC
"Fast Times at Ridgemont High" is brilliant and all that but it has led to this:

I mean, seriously, look at the portrayal of highschools and jails in TV shows and movies.
Does anybody have the gonadal fortitude to claim they're not disgustingly similar, after you adjust for the obvious mandatory differences ?

Best portrayal of High School in America was definitely Richard Linklater's "Dazed and Confused", imho.

I must say that in a way I do when I type 'David Lynch's' with as much respect.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Akita T
Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force
#19 - 2013-01-04 15:50:12 UTC  |  Edited by: Akita T
Funny tidbit about Romania : religion is now a default (but with alleged parental write-in opt-out) class staring from the "0th" grade (they moved the last year of kindergarten to the school).
This is in a country that's supposedly a secular democracy.
Yes, they TEACH RELIGION BY DEFAULT in school to 6 year olds, and up to 19 year olds. And not the history of religions or anything like that, but actual church dogma with actual church-sanctioned teachers.
And (at best) you get sideways looks if you try to exercise the opt-out.
Then kids get into the 5th grade and start telling their science teachers that the teachers are wrong and they won't learn what they teach them, because the religion teacher they had 5 years running told them science is wrong and/or evil.

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Bane Necran
Appono Astos
#20 - 2013-01-04 15:53:31 UTC  |  Edited by: Bane Necran
Akita T wrote:
People these days are actually smarter, but they act a lot dumber due to lack of rigorous education.


I actually think much of it is the fault of schools, pretending memorization is intelligence. People aren't taught to think for themselves, and end up as adults who still look for others to tell them what to think.

If i were to ask the forum community what they thought of a current event, i guarantee at least 95% of them would just repeat something the TV told them to think.

"In the void is virtue, and no evil. Wisdom has existence, principle has existence, the Way has existence, spirit is nothingness." ~Miyamoto Musashi
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