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Originally Posted by Pleasurepays
although that point surely has some merit, i doubt thats true. the US has been one of the worlds most litigious nations on earth for the better part of a century. everyone here who is not a peasant or an ambulance chasing attorney understands the needs for Torte Reform. it has happened to a small extent but the problem always ends up being the same... everyone argues against making the guy who started the lawsuit liable for legal fees should he lose because of those rare circumstances where it all might be legit... and so on and so forth. its like arguing with environmentalists or PETA or something... since there is no perfect solution, we can't have any solution... and in the meantime, everyone suffers.. no matter how obvious it is that something needs to be done.
the legal system here is one of the biggest jokes of the free world. your rights are all perfectly protected until someone with more money than you decides to just use that system that protects rights and property to just bankrupt you because they have more money and can afford to.
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All good points, pretty much spot-on..... but I still stand by my point that in the past 20 years or so the problem has worsened in part due to the air of political correctness going on, in the entire world for that matter but especially so in the US.
Why, Americans on this very board have as much as said so in several threads if memory serves.
I'm just saying, along with everything you're saying I strongly believe that people are more quick to jump to the lawsuit over even the least perceived slight now more than ever. Weren't native Americans up in arms a few years ago over the names of certain pro sports teams being "disrespectful" to them?... the Atlanta Braves comes to mind, the Washington Redskins, etc. I'm sure there was a flap about that, all to do with today's air of political correctness, and there are thousands of other examples of people or groups suing over what they see as descrimination.
The political correctness thing is way out of control these days.