More idiocy and litigation...

[rjlohan]

Some twit is trying to sue Waverley (?) council out here in Oz, 'cause he is paralysed after diving into a sandbank at the beach...
No doubt he claims they should have put up magical signs that let you know when the tide is out and that diving into water without checking the depth is a bad idea...
He'll prolly bloody win too...

[Beacon]

Nope he wont win!

Some seppo tried to sue the Cottosloe council over here for exactly the same reasons.
He lost the judge "throwing it out of court!"

[rjlohan]

There's always a precedent to be set... let's hope though...

[Beacon]

Is the precedent per state?

Coz i do believe the judge would take into consideration the case that went on over here!

[rjlohan]

Yeah, I'd say that it's a state issue. Mind you, if one gets it, everyone ****s 'emselves...

[rjlohan]

They're all getting worried these days I reckon. Apparently one of the airlines is showing 'tourist saftey' vids on flights into Oz now - stuff like 'don't kiss crocodiles' - you know, stuff you wouldn't have thought of yourself unless you were a super genius...

[Beacon]

Soon we wont be able to do anything unless we pay $1.5 million to insure ourselves against ourselves!

[rjlohan]

I know - it's pathetic...

[bb]

We should never have let dentists advertise.

In the SMH yesterday they pondered that the power of lawyers has increased becos politicians now almost all come from the ranks of law. In the old days they were horse and carriage drivers and stuff like that.

[cafeenman]

New safety warning on Hammers:

1) Don't hit anybody with this hammer. Doing so can result in serious injury or death to the person you hit with the hammer. This includes, but is not limited to:
You
Your brother(s)
Your sister(s)
Your Mother(s)
Your Father(s)
Your Grandparent(s)
Your Neice(s)
Your Nephew(s)
All other family members
All friends
All other people who are neither family members or friends

2) Don't eat this hammer. Doing so can result in serious injury or death to you.

3) Do not hit animals with this hammer. Doing so can result in serious injury or death to the animal.

4) Do not support your car with this hammer. It may collapse, causing the car to fall on you. Doing so can result in serious injury or death to you.

5) Do not hook up live electrical wiring to this hammer. Doing so can result in serious injury or death to anyone in contact with the hammer, in contact with any circuit in the electrical flow or in contact with someone in contact with any of the above.

6) Do not forcibly put this hammer into a removeable drive slot on your computer. Doing so will destory the drive and potentially electrocute you. See 5) above.

7) Do not place hammer into the spokes of your bicycle or motorcycle. Doing so will either lock up the wheel or break the spokes and result in serious injury or death to whomever rides the bicycle or motorcycle.

8) Insert more obvious stuff here

9) etc.

10) ditto

[cafeenman]

I received this in an e-mail a few years ago. It was said this was written by some senator or congressman. I really doubt that, but it's good all the same. It's called the Bill of No Rights:

We, the sensible people of the United States, in an attempt to help everyone get along, restore some semblance of justice, avoid any more riots, keep our nation safe, promote positive behavior and secure the blessings of debt-free liberty to ourselves and our great-great-great grandchildren, hereby try one more time to ordain and establish some common sense guidelines for the terminally whiny, guilt-ridden, delusional and other liberal, bedwetters. We hold these truths to be self-evident: that a whole lot of people were confused by the Bill of Rights and are so dim that they require a Bill of No Rights.
ARTICLE I:
You do not have the right to a new car, big screen TV or any other form of wealth. More power to you if you can legally acquire them but no one is guaranteeing anything.
ARTICLE II:
You do not have the right to never be offended. This country is based on freedom, and that means freedom for everyone - not just you! You may leave the room, turn the channel, express a different opinion, etc., but the world is full of idiots, and probably always will be.
ARTICLE III:
You do not have the right to be free from harm. If you stick a screwdiver in your eye, learn to be more careful, do not expect the tool manufacturer to make you and all your relatives independently wealthy.
ARTICLE IV:
You do not have the right to free food and housing. Americans are the most charitable people to be found, and will gladly help anyone in need, but we are quickly growing weary of subsidizing generations after generations of professional couch potatoes who achieve nothing more than the creation of another generation of professional couch potatoes.
ARTICLE V:
You do not have the right to free health care. That would be nice but we're just not interested if you are able to work.
ARTICLE VI:
You do not have the right to physically harm other people. If you kidnap, rape, intentionally maim or kill someone, don't be surprised if the rest of us want to see you fry in the electric chair.
ARTICLE VII:
You do not have the right to the possessions of others. If you rob, cheat or coerce away the goods of services of other citizens, don't be surprised if the rest of us get together lock you away in a place where you still won't have the right to a big-screen color TV or a life of leisure.
ARTICLE VIII:
You don't have the right to demand that our children risk their lives in foreign wars to soothe your aching conscience. We hate oppressive governments and won't lift a finger to stop you from going to fight if you'd like. However, we do not enjoy parenting the entire world and do not want to spend so much of our time battling each and every little tyrant with a military uniform and a funny hat.
ARTICLE IX
You don't have the right to a job. All of us sure want all of you to have one, and will gladly help you along in the hard times, but we expect you to take advantage of the opportunties of education and vocational training laid before you to make yourself useful. You do not have the right to the right to happiness. Being an American means that have the right to pursue happiness - which by the way, is a lot easier if you are unencumbered by an overabundance of idiotic laws created by those of you who were confused by the Bill of Rights.

[JPicasso]

AMEN!

[rjlohan]

Another one in a paper today - a bloke breaks into a hotel premises, the manager hit him, and he is suing the manager for $750,000. Apparently his mother is suing too, although that's just a sub-heading - I didn't read the story. The guy suing looks fine to me though...

But by far the most ridiculous one - on the radio this morning, apparently a guy who Nicole Kidman has named as a stalker is taking a suit against her and some film companies to the order of $US 373million - because he claims the stalker thing is defamation, and it will hurt his chances when he runs for US president in 2004... LOL

[Gandalf_Grey_]

or the person who sued mcdonalds cause thier coffe was hot. or the fact that people can sue you if they break into your house, fall down your stairs and hurt themselves.

[Gandalf_Grey_]

The US's laws are more lax towards that sort of thing, in Canada you can't sue for stupid stuff like the hitting thing or hurting yourself on govnmt property or just being a ****ing idiot

[rjlohan]

Australia is going the way of the US...

[rjlohan]

Well, he won...

What a ****ing joke. Apparently the claim was based on the placement of the flags. He was between them, dived into a sandbar, and sued the council... Christ, I've been going to the beach since I was a little pecker, and I've seen sandbars in the flags hundreds of times - nobody dived into them though...

What a big fat ****ing joke...

[beachbum]

Yeah but whatever you do don't blame the Americans.....

[rjlohan]

How bloody ridiculous can this get? If the council didn't put flags up, people would die, that's unarguable. There are too many stupid people and tourists who can't swim. So they do the good thing, and have lifeguards, and designated safe-zones, and some dumb ***** dives into a sandbar, and now the whole concept of lifesaving and the flags is questioned. I ****ing hate this situation.


$3.75 million payout - I'm gonna go shoot him...

[parksie]

The phrase of the day is:


What a set of absolute ****ing monkey-buggerers





I'm quite glad that so far Britain is keeping pretty safe from things like this.....but time will tell.

[rjlohan]

Now councils will be faced with massive insurance premiums against bull**** like this, and soon enough, there will be no lifeguards. Especially in smaller, poorer areas. Most of the lifeguards are volunteers anyway - why the **** were they responsible for this idiots actions? Christ, if only someone would stop this, I might actually want to vote next time an election rolls around...

[Lord_Rat]

Originally posted by Gandalf_Grey_
or the fact that people can sue you if they break into your house, fall down your stairs and hurt themselves.

Only if you do not have regulation stairs.

[cafeenman]

What's screwed up beyond what you've already talked about, rj, is that when they put up signs to help people, it gets used against them.

I.e. "You knew there was a problem because you put up signs, right?" What a bunch of bull****.

So if they take down the signs, what happens? There is no common sense in law.

[rjlohan]

They had a bloke ring up the radio this morning, saying he'd done a similar thing as a young bloke - he'd split 3 of the vertebrae in his neck, and was unable to walk for awhile. He said "I'm not gonna go suing someone else cause I did something stupid."
Something needs to be done, it really does.

[cafeenman]

Well, when you figure out what that "something" is, please let us know, because we need it as much as you do.

[rjlohan]

Originally posted by Beacon
Nope he wont win!

Some seppo tried to sue the Cottosloe council over here for exactly the same reasons.
He lost the judge "throwing it out of court!"

He won beaker....