tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925765946042638459.post2014391661061073321..comments2024-03-18T02:22:56.392-04:00Comments on Disgusted Beyond Belief: Frivolous LawsuitsDBBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17805375811782552873noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925765946042638459.post-69867089311565178322008-05-22T07:30:00.000-04:002008-05-22T07:30:00.000-04:00I went back and forth with sueing and suing and fi...<I>I went back and forth with sueing and suing and finally just tried not to use the word at all.</I><BR/><BR/>Firefox 2 has a spell checker, and it's pretty easy to use an <A HREF="http://www.dictionary.com" REL="nofollow">online dictionary</A>.<BR/><BR/><I>I think the notion of "frivolous lawsuits" just sounds like something convenient to be angry at...</I><BR/><BR/>You're insufficiently paranoid. The conservative program is explicitly anti-populist; they have a well-established history of undermining any social or political mechanism that restricts the power of the elite and grants any power to the people as people.Larry Hamelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08788697573946266404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925765946042638459.post-60023519875061399492008-05-21T18:37:00.000-04:002008-05-21T18:37:00.000-04:00In that same vein, can we please PLEASE stop with ...In that same vein, can we please PLEASE stop with the damn McDonalds-hot-coffee lawsuit business? Everybody holds it up like this paragon of frivolity (frivolousness?), and nobody seems to know the facts of this case, that the plaintiff wasn't driving; she was so badly burned she needed skin grafts on her genitals, to which the defense said, Well, she's old and probably didn't need those, anyway; that she just wanted McD's to turn their coffee burner down so other people wouldn't be hurt, and she didn't even think about suing until they refused.<BR/><BR/>GRRR!<BR/><BR/>I think the notion of "frivolous lawsuits" just sounds like something convenient to be angry at, like "welfare moms" or "the liberal media." It almost seems like these people are just upset they didn't think of trying to get into somebody's deep pockets first.Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03315849412290918217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925765946042638459.post-83856509850123861232008-05-21T14:28:00.000-04:002008-05-21T14:28:00.000-04:00Thanks - and thanks for the nazi bit - I went back...Thanks - and thanks for the nazi bit - I went back and forth with sueing and suing and finally just tried not to use the word at all. I confess I am sometimes lazy with editing when I do a blog post - I pretty much write all day at work and I try to post to relax.DBBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17805375811782552873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925765946042638459.post-35365445020287981802008-05-21T14:09:00.000-04:002008-05-21T14:09:00.000-04:00Excellent post.BTW: It's "suing"; "a lot" is two w...Excellent post.<BR/><BR/>BTW: It's "suing"; "a lot" is two words. </ grammar nazi>Larry Hamelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08788697573946266404noreply@blogger.com