People are stupid
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I'm reading a book called 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America (And Al Franken is #37) by Bernard Goldberg.
I haven't actually gotten to the list part, but I've been reading the problems that he has found. I'm in a section of problematic litigation. I read this (on page 30):QUOTEA woman from New York sues the city because she was hit by a subway train and seriously injured. Right before the train hit her, police say, she had been calmly lying on the tracks trying to commit suicide.
There is another I like as well:QUOTEAfter lightning knocks out a Florida prison's TV satellite dish, a prisoner -- convicted of brutally murdering five people -- sues because now he can only watch network programs, which he says contain violence, profanity, and other objectionable material.
Thought I'd share somethings. It is an entertaining book to say the least.
Edit:QUOTE... remember that woman who sued New York City because she got hit by a subway train after, according to the cops, she apparently decided to lie down on the tracks and wait for the train to run over her? A jury awarded her $14.1 million. The court, however, said that was too much, since she did, after all, voluntarily put herself in the path of the train. So it cut her award... down to a measly $9.9 million. -
Brb, euthanasia.
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American stories if you can notice
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The book is bloody brilliant. Whether I agree with him or not, I find that the man is articulate and, when he wants to be, blunt.
I agree completely with retr0^'s synopsis of the book. It's fun and, sometimes, frustrating. -
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