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On 11/22/2018 11:12 PM, Paul wrote:
tesla sTinker wrote: ... Just read how many law suits are against them in the world/ and then maybe, it will make up your mind for you/ But lawyers will sue for just about anything. You have to consider the merits of the lawsuits before drawing a conclusion. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearson_v._Chung Paul The problem with many proposals for tort reform is that they tend to insulate corporations from customers when the corporations really do something bad. -- David E. Ross http://www.rossde.com/. The only reason we have so many laws is that not enough people will do the right thing. (© 1997 by David Ross) |
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On Fri, 23 Nov 2018 08:33:07 -0800, David E. Ross wrote:
On 11/22/2018 11:12 PM, Paul wrote: [quoted text muted] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearson_v._Chung Paul The problem with many proposals for tort reform is that they tend to insulate corporations from customers when the corporations really do something bad. I'm shocked, SHOCKED, to learn that lobbyists write laws to favor their clients rather than the little guy! -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://BrownMath.com/ http://OakRoadSystems.com/ Shikata ga nai... |
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Stan Brown wrote:
On Fri, 23 Nov 2018 08:33:07 -0800, David E. Ross wrote: On 11/22/2018 11:12 PM, Paul wrote: [quoted text muted] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearson_v._Chung Paul The problem with many proposals for tort reform is that they tend to insulate corporations from customers when the corporations really do something bad. I'm shocked, SHOCKED, to learn that lobbyists write laws to favor their clients rather than the little guy! LOL. I doubt if the OP (not quoted here) is old enough to get that funny quote. |
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In message , Bill in Co
writes: Stan Brown wrote: On Fri, 23 Nov 2018 08:33:07 -0800, David E. Ross wrote: On 11/22/2018 11:12 PM, Paul wrote: [quoted text muted] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearson_v._Chung Paul The problem with many proposals for tort reform is that they tend to insulate corporations from customers when the corporations really do something bad. I'm shocked, SHOCKED, to learn that lobbyists write laws to favor their clients rather than the little guy! LOL. I doubt if the OP (not quoted here) is old enough to get that funny quote. Indeed. I recognised it as a reference, but have just had to think a bit to remember where from, but I remembered eventually, which is reassuring. ("Your winnings, sir.") I wonder - yes, found it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjbPi00k_ME -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf Have you ever heard about a petition, disagreed with it, but been frustrated that there's no way you can *show* that you disagree? If so, have a look at https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/232770 - and please pass it on if you agree, especially to twitter, facebook, gransnet/mumsnet, or any such forum. An act like Morecambe and Wise happens once in a lifetime. Why did it have to happen in mine? - Bernie Winters quoted by Barry Cryer, RT 2013/11/30-12/6 |
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On Mon, 26 Nov 2018 04:32:07 +0000, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
Indeed. I recognised it as a reference, but have just had to think a bit to remember where from, but I remembered eventually, which is reassuring. ("Your winnings, sir.") I wonder - yes, found it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjbPi00k_ME That movie is, IMHO, one of the major arguments against relying exclusively on streaming. I have the DVD and have watched it probably ten times in the last fifteen years. Every time I see something new. It blows my mind that the people involved had no idea they were doing something special -- to them it was just that week's product. By the way, there's an excellent book, /Round up the Usual Suspects/, about the making of the movie. Frex, Bergman didn't know when she recorded her last big scene whether her character would end up with Rick or Victor Laszlo; that's why she played it to allow either ending. And in case anyone doesn't know, the film is /Casablanca/. If you haven't seen it, do so tonight. (I still remember seeing it for the first time, on a double bill with /The Maltese Falcon/. It doesn't get better than that.) -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://BrownMath.com/ http://OakRoadSystems.com/ Shikata ga nai... |
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In message , Stan Brown
writes: On Mon, 26 Nov 2018 04:32:07 +0000, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote: Indeed. I recognised it as a reference, but have just had to think a bit to remember where from, but I remembered eventually, which is reassuring. ("Your winnings, sir.") I wonder - yes, found it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjbPi00k_ME That movie is, IMHO, one of the major arguments against relying exclusively on streaming. I have the DVD and have watched it probably ten times in the last fifteen years. Every time I see something new. It blows my mind that the people involved had no idea they were doing something special -- to them it was just that week's product. Weeell ... I think _some_ of them knew it was pro-war (oversimplifying - but in favour of America getting involved, which I think it hadn't decided to be at that point). But yes, some of them would indeed have jut been doing this week's job. (And some of them - such as the lighting cameraman - doing it excellently, to the extent of it not having been bettered since.) By the way, there's an excellent book, /Round up the Usual Suspects/, about the making of the movie. Frex, Bergman didn't know when she recorded her last big scene whether her character would end up with Rick or Victor Laszlo; that's why she played it to allow either ending. And in case anyone doesn't know, the film is /Casablanca/. If you haven't seen it, do so tonight. (I still remember seeing it for the first time, on a double bill with /The Maltese Falcon/. It doesn't get better than that.) I saw, I think it was, a fiftieth anniversary showing, at the Empire, Leicester Square. The projectionist let the film flap through to the end; it (not because of that) got a standing ovation, which felt rather surreal. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf Have you ever heard about a petition, disagreed with it, but been frustrated that there's no way you can *show* that you disagree? If so, have a look at https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/232770 - and please pass it on if you agree, especially to twitter, facebook, gransnet/mumsnet, or any such forum. No sense being pessimistic. It wouldn't work anyway. - Penny Mayes, UMRA, 2014-August |
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On Sun, 25 Nov 2018 09:08:27 -0500, in alt.windows7.general, Stan Brown
, wrote On Fri, 23 Nov 2018 08:33:07 -0800, David E. Ross wrote: On 11/22/2018 11:12 PM, Paul wrote: [quoted text muted] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearson_v._Chung Paul The problem with many proposals for tort reform is that they tend to insulate corporations from customers when the corporations really do something bad. I'm shocked, SHOCKED, to learn that lobbyists write laws to favor their clients rather than the little guy! LOL! |
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