Strap on the pipes and compose a lament for America as we need one if the news of the day is any indicator of things to come.
Lawmakers put a “Cheesburger Bill” thru the House this week. It’s frightening that we would need a bill to prevent citizens from being able to sue food companies and the like for causing them to be obese. It’s even more frightening that 139 of our elected officials wasting space in the House of Representatives would vote AGAINST the bill. Further, it is worrisome that the bill is expected to have some trouble passing thru the Senate. Trial lawyers should not be elected to public office.
A woman in Tennessee is suing Janet Jackson for multiples of a million dollars 'cause the nipple shot on the Super Bowl half-time show is causing her irreversible and unbearable mental anguish.
Are pipemakers next on the hit list? Got a little carpal tunnel syndrome? Rotator cuff injury? Geez…if those pipes would have been crafted a little more ergonomically they you would not have that pain. Sue somebody…its the thing to do!
No, no, no …you must sue someone who actually has money..otherwise, what’s the point? Name one pipemaker who is rolling in $$$
We must sue the Irish government for allowing such a monsterous instrument to be built and exported in the first place, and the U.S. govt for encouraging its import by removing tariffs on bagpipe imports.
I know I’ve already suffered irrepairable damage..these things are addictive, much worse than say cigarettes or cheeseburgers.
Why do you find it disturbing that a bill limiting a person’s legal recourse against a corporation is not passing? Personally I’d find it more disturbing to see yet another bill (such as the “patriot” act and other various anti-terrorist laws) removing peoples’s rights.
Anyhow, this isn’t really the forum for political debate. If we rage on about politics, and I’m sure enough people hold enough differing opinions to do so, we won’t cover as much regarding Upiping.
I have views about this that come from common sense and i can't believe some stuff i hear about the USA.
Those silly lawsuits is one of them and legal guns another.
What's wrong with you people??
I heard about a lawsuit against a company for selling coffee that was too hot, i say, watch what you drink you silly cow!
It appears to me that no company can do any buisiness anymore if they have to babysit each and every customer.
Time you grew up and took your own responsabilities instead of shoving them in the face of companies.
If someone runs you over and you get permanent injury.., fine!
But even then you could wonder if you couldn't have prevented it yourself.
And before anybody starts attacking and yelling, i mean the people that support these things, not ALL american people as i have come to see there are also normal people living there.
Thank God that number seems to be growing as well. :slight_smile:
This stuff pisses me off real well..
From my european perspective you are a strange lot indeed! :smiley:
Rick, I think you may be getting a distorted view. The news media tend to lock onto sensational stories, so while it is true such things happen, they are the exception rather than the rule. That’s what makes these stories attention grabbers.
Statistics do bear out your concern for Americans’ propensity for blowing each other’s arses off, however. This has led to a general decline in chair manufacturing and may account for the poor current state of American markets in general.
I just applied for, and received, a permit to carry a concealed weapon. Don’t piss me off in traffic!!!
Seriously, I was ran off of the road about 18 months ago with my wife and another couple in the car, heading to the symphony in St. Louis. It seems the “offended” driver mistook my black Escalade (I drive a HUGE gas-guzzling vehicle too; ergo, I must be evil) for another that had made him slow down or some other grevious offense. I saw the driver running toward my vehicle ranting and hitting the side of my car. After I and my fellow male companion physically detained him for the police (he spit on my friend…that was enough for me, and we’re both pretty good sized fellows), he admitted he must have the wrong car because there was only one person in that Escalade. He later tried to sue me and my friend for violating his civil rights (illegal detainment). The cop told me I should have shot him and done everyone a favor. He served 3 days in jail, lost his license, and paid a hefty fine. His civil case was thrown out too. That will never happen again. For all I knew, this guy was coming at us with the intention to do bodily harm, like running us off the road wasn’t potentially dangerous enough.
If my wife is with me and I think someone is being potentially violent toward us, I’ll smoke your ass in a heartbeat. Besides, I have a lot of money and can afford a good attorney. Guns, money, flesh-eating lawyers…God Bless America.
Macdonalds in France publicly recommended that people only eat their food once a week or so, possibly as a pre-emptive effort not to have to accept liability were they to be sued. Personally I don’t know why Americans would eat at Macdonalds when you’ve got those fantastic diners with curly fries and pancakes and nice, friendly staff.
Regarding guns, doesn’t their ubiquity up the ante in terms of your being more ready to use them yourself because you suspect that your antagonist will be likely to use his on you
One home owner in Detroit I know of keeps a gun in every room of the house, and a shotgun under every bed, in case of a home invasion. What kind of way is that to live? People cringe at what life is like in places like Afghanistan or Iraq, but its little different from the way people treat each other in the wealthiest country in the world.
Urban Detroit’s da Zone, man. Or one of 'em. I know a fellow who escaped that sh*thole, and said that it’s one of the most drearily grey, littered, ignorantly conformist and self-defeating shells of a boarded-up “city” you could ask for. The populace hold together so they can have each other to eat, for the most part. I wouldn’t ruin my day going there.
Amerikay the wealthiest country in the world??? Not. Go see Monaco…that’s the one you wish to speak of as the wealthiest in the world. The so-called “beat up” taxis are the smaller of the two year old Bentleys. The yachts in the harbor have helicopters sitting on 'em. You will, however, find some of the best S. French/N. Italian food imaginable for unbelievably low prices. And the scenery…
By “scenery” I presume we’re not just talking about sun, surf, and architecture? Something akin to what Brazilian men mean when they talk of “beautiful” beaches?
Come back to Detroit, we missed you the first time.
T-Shirt: I’m so bad, I vaction in Detroit
Bumper Sticker: Quit honking. I’m reloading.
Detroit’s not so bad, but we like to keep they image so we don’t get f*cked with when we travel. I can think of worse places.
Now you guys aren’t just spoiling for a fight are you?
Marc
…you must sue someone who actually has money..otherwise, what’s the point? Name one pipemaker who is rolling in $$$
I…ah…must go …ah …mmmm…have some tunes on me pipes 
