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Originally Posted by Azlord
as far as Ray Vega's comment, I don't really agree about what he said about the governemnt laws to prevent injury. You know the type of people that would sue the city or state, because there wasn't a seatbelt law and they got into an accident. Then when the city or state cash flow is low from lawsuits.... taxes go up etc etc.
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I do see your point, but that's a whole other can of worms that pisses me off. If someone is too fucking stupid to protect themselves, they die...it's called evolution, survival of the fittest.
We need major tort reform in this country. A lawsuit should go before a panel who decides if it is even allowed to go to a court. Only cases that show a preponderance of the evidence of gross negligence on the part of the person being sued should be allowed to go to suit, and even then the burden of proof for a decision in a civil suit should be raised from "preponderance of the evidence" to "beyond reasonable doubt". If that happened, our insurance, taxes, and most expenses (especially medical) would drop dramatically. And those of us who have no common sense would eventually die out or watch what the fuck they are doing.
The whole issue there is accountability. We are stuck in this country at looking for "who is responsible" when something bad happens. Most of the time it's either the persons own fault, or nobody's fault...but most people cannot face that fact and want restitution from someone.
It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye, then it's fun and games you can't see...