The Hole Truth
Justice is blind, or so the old aphorism goes. On the other hand, there's another aphorism that says, "he couldn't get justice so he went to court." The concept of a "jury of our peers" has done a one-eighty since its use in old England. Nowadays we select a jury of people who presumably know absolutely nothing about the case or the litigants, and have no prejudice in the matter. Originally the jury was to be composed literally of peers, villagers and neighbors who knew the person on trial as the cheating scoundrel he was. It sped things up, even if it wasn't always fair. I like the Italian system, where the litigants have the constitutional right to do anything necessary to press their case or defend themselves, including lying. I'm not making this up.
posted by John M Crowther @ 7:26 AM
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I read an article in yesterday's paper abut a man in Spain who is suing the parents of the kid he killed while going 110 in a 60 mph zone for the damages inflicted on his luxury model BMW when he hit the kid on his bicycle. (I hope that sentence is understandable!)In Holland you can get sued (and awarded damages) if you injure the burglar who breaks into your house. Crazy, isn't it?
Same here in Australia. Yes... it's crazy all right.
John... your cartoon highlights a growing problem. Whatever happened to personal responsibility? We could ask the lawyers that... but we all know the difference between a lawyer and a catfish... one is a bottom dwelling lowlife the other is a fish.
hey now!
my daughter's pre-law!although she wants to be a DA. I have a secret fear (secret o longer!) that's just because she likes the way the DA on Law and Order dresses!
But more seriously, she'll make a great DA. She's kept me in line since she could talk.
Oooh! This one bites John! I love it!!!!
Find this one funny but sadly so true. If you shoot a bugler and injure him, he can sue you. Case of a world gone crazy with PC.
>>Find this one funny but sadly so true. If you shoot a bugler and injure him, he can sue you. <<
Lee, I pray this is only a typo and you meant “burglar” and not “bugler,” one who plays a small brass horn with no valves. I am particularly sensitive to the problems of brass players, as witnessed by my earlier comments on the much maligned and ridiculed Sousaphone. I suppose if you shot a Sousaphone player and he fell on top of you, the injury caused by the weight of his huge instrument would justify suing him back.
remind me to never make a typo on this space!
(((hahahahaha)))
Il professore, that is what happens when one types a comment after 1 1/2 glasses of wine. (grin)
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