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Re: Evolution of Stupidity?
Jackie Patti
14 Apr 2004 16:29
> As a lifelong citizen of the US, I am concerned about the > deteriorating trend that is destroying the dignity and integrity of > the American people.
I'm concerned about idjits crossposting long off-topic rants to unrelated newsgroups myself.
As an American, I absolutely hate it when Americans do incredibly sutpid things whilst pointing out that they're Americans. If you must make an a.s of youself, please don't claim a common citizenship with me as you do it.
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Benjamin Holdt
14 Apr 2004 14:57
As a lifelong citizen of the US, I am concerned about the deteriorating trend that is destroying the dignity and integrity of the American people. Among the inevitable crime, overpopulation and every day social issues that contribute to the ongoing problems that we face, there is a much deeper and darker influence that has been quickly evolving into a social "plague". I have closely observed the ethical decline of this country's government and I am sickened by the warped values of our legal system. We now live in a country that solicits injudicious and frivolous lawsuits, encourages people to destroy honest businesses and their reputations, and rewards this sadistic behavior with a monetary payoff.
The lawyers and judges in this country (with the exception of a very few who are courageous enough to stand strong on their convictions), have sold their concern of humanity for greed and personal gain. The government has been reduced to nothing more than organized crime as they over tax us and force the honest businesses to pay them exorbitant amounts of money under the pretense of litigation. Of coarse, on occasion, there are legitimate causes, but the epidemic of sue happy litigators has reached a level of pure insanity.
For example, NJ State Attorney General, Peter Harvey's is suing Nissan for producing cars with headlights that thieves find enticing to steal. Or how about a federal judge ordering WalMart to pay $16 million for selling a shotgun that was used in a murder. I may be crazy, but wouldn't the man who pulled the trigger be responsible for that? Then there's the lawfirm who pressed and then settled a class action against Microsoft supposedly on behalf of 14 million California consumers, demanding legal fees of $300 million. These insane class action lawsuits might dress well in the media, but who makes out? $300 million for the lawyers and maybe the consumer will get back a portion of what ever he paid for a product that he consciously chose and evaluated before making the purchase. Just another blatant case of legal extortion. The list goes on and on, and the most twisted part of it all is that the victim in these unfair legal attacks must pay to defend themselves whether right, wrong, win or lose. Where is the justice in this? Have we evolved into a breed of humans that are too stupid to be responsible for our own choices and actions?
As the avalanche of lawsuits grows stronger and stronger the concern for humanity becomes less and less. Do these subhumans that call themselves lawyers and judges realize that these businesses they are destroying are run by people with families? This is not just paperwork, this is mothers and fathers who are proud of their hard work and success until the vultures pick apart their livelihood with legal brutality and slander their names with media manipulation. What has happened to our sense of humanity? Are we now just a nation of self serving cut-throats with no consciences? What will become of us if this self-destructing trend continues?