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Would you sue?
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TexasSeaRay
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You're at the Super Bowl. The game is in double-secret probation sudden-death overtime. Eli Manning has suddenly hurled the ball downfield to Plaxiwhatever Burress. A field goal and world championship is imminent.
Suddenly, thousands of panicked Patriot fans, upset and frustrated over their governor's ban on everything gunpowder, pull out their CCWs and began blasting at the football in the hopes of deflating it and sparing the Patriots the agony of having their perfect season ruined.
You are on the other side of the field when the lead starts flying. You and hundreds of others are hit right in your beer mug. The beer flies all over you. Your wife/sweetheart did not accompany you to the game. You get home and reek of beer. She accuses you of flirting with the beer maids. You deny it. She conks you over the head with a cast iron skillet.
Do you sue your wife/sweetheart or do you sue the thousands of Patriots fans who unloaded at the football while trying to stop the Giants from winning the world championship?
Do you sue Patriots coach Bill Belichik for not preparing his team well enough to let the game get into double-secret probation sudden death overtime, and thus causing the angst felt by frustrated Pats fans?
Do you sue Mitt Romney for his anti gun actions and urgings, which exacerbated the frustrated Pats fans?
Do you sue Anheiseur Busch or Miller for not de-odorizing their beer?
Do you sue the maker of the cast iron skillet for manufacturing a dangerous weapon?
Do you sue the NFL for even having the Super Bowl, of which if they didn't, you wouldn't have been at the game?
According to some around here, the answers would be yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes and yes.
Sheesh.
Jeff
Suddenly, thousands of panicked Patriot fans, upset and frustrated over their governor's ban on everything gunpowder, pull out their CCWs and began blasting at the football in the hopes of deflating it and sparing the Patriots the agony of having their perfect season ruined.
You are on the other side of the field when the lead starts flying. You and hundreds of others are hit right in your beer mug. The beer flies all over you. Your wife/sweetheart did not accompany you to the game. You get home and reek of beer. She accuses you of flirting with the beer maids. You deny it. She conks you over the head with a cast iron skillet.
Do you sue your wife/sweetheart or do you sue the thousands of Patriots fans who unloaded at the football while trying to stop the Giants from winning the world championship?
Do you sue Patriots coach Bill Belichik for not preparing his team well enough to let the game get into double-secret probation sudden death overtime, and thus causing the angst felt by frustrated Pats fans?
Do you sue Mitt Romney for his anti gun actions and urgings, which exacerbated the frustrated Pats fans?
Do you sue Anheiseur Busch or Miller for not de-odorizing their beer?
Do you sue the maker of the cast iron skillet for manufacturing a dangerous weapon?
Do you sue the NFL for even having the Super Bowl, of which if they didn't, you wouldn't have been at the game?
According to some around here, the answers would be yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes and yes.
Sheesh.
Jeff
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My .02 cents
As a policeman once told me: "A man can't hurt you running away from you" IMHO, anyone who shoots at a fleeing thief should be liable for ANY damage they cause. Talking about shooting fleeing thiefs lend credence to the anti-gunners arguments that CCW holders just want to go out and shoot somebody.
As a policeman once told me: "A man can't hurt you running away from you" IMHO, anyone who shoots at a fleeing thief should be liable for ANY damage they cause. Talking about shooting fleeing thiefs lend credence to the anti-gunners arguments that CCW holders just want to go out and shoot somebody.
Capt. Charlie
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Yep. Shame too; this started out as an interesting and somewhat unique thread, but it's pretty much run its course.Who cares, this is getting ridiculous.
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