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You make a very good point Lord, our society is far to sensitive to the needs of morons and idiots.

On a sad note, I lost my sister and my brothers best friend to a car accident. That horrible happenstance effected a great many people. You luckier than you know to have an employer who cares enough about the welfare of its employees to offer them such a benefit. Loosing someone you know so abruptly has many unforeseen consequences. Often the strong will break and the weak will step up.

Now when a moron kicks off, much like a bug that flies into the warm glow of a bug zapper, its more an amusement than a tragedy. Nevertheless, we joke, but if that moron was someone we cared about, then perhaps his passing would affect us more profoundly than it would others. I guess we all have a special moron in our lives that we would all miss if something stupid were to happen to him. So in retrospect, I guess it is important to warn idiots about the perils of drinking gasoline because it smells good to them.

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I'm sorry to hear about your loss Atrocities http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif That really sucks.

However, the real reason they have warning labels, etc on such mundane things as toasters is because A) the companies that make those items are too afraid of being sued, which unfortunately is a legitimate concern in today's world of "I was an idiot so I'll sue you...and probably win", and B) even if people didn't seriously injure themselves (which is a definite possibility, considering just how stupid people can be), there will still be medical expenses when people *are* stupid, and that will cost society as a whole a lot more than a warning label http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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The real problem is that idiots and morons won't/can't read warning labels. What sort of label will work with someone that has the brain power to think that lifting an operating lawn mower to trim a hedge is a good idea. Two morons + one operating lawn mower = 16 missing fingers. Of course they won their case. This sort of silliness isn't going to end soon since lawyers make the laws in Congress and they make a lot of money "protecting" idiots and morons. Make a product idiot-proof and they'll simply make a better idiot.

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That is a good point Beck. If the label cannot be read, ie its not in Spanish or Russian, can the companies then be sued because they failed to warn people in their own language not to try and dry their hair in the shower while taking a shower?

On a side note, it won't be long before some arsehole tries to sue a game company because their kid enacted or tried something at home that they saw on a video game. They will blame the game for the act of their child instead of taking responsibility for the act themselves. After all its better to leave your kids alone to play games, watch tv, and listen to rap, that way when they do something bad based upon those exposures, they can sue. Oh of course its never their fault for leaving their kids unattended, for not turning off the TV, or taking away the cellphone, the Xbox, or insisting on moral behavior and self respect. Oh no, its never the parents fault for what their kids do, its always someone else who is to blame.

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hrm.. hope no kids try to conquer the galaxy....malfador could be in some legal trouble.

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And pretty soon they will have scientific 'evidence' to back them up - http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.a...edate=20061201

Surely these Medical researchers could be spending there time better on on Cancer research or some such advancement of medicine.

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R O T F L M A O - You get a 5 star laugh award for this one! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/biggrin.gif

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Alternatively, think about how good it is that these particular ones AREN'T doing cancer research.

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I could swear this has already happened, repeatedly, but I'm probably just thinking of criminal cases where that "logic" was used by the defense. Don't recall any cases where that argument worked, fortunately.

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Somewhere, I've got some links to a couple of studies that say that not only are lawsuits only 5% of the court cases, awards and chances of an award are declining, on average - And that juries are less likely than judges to give either.

I don't know how accurate either are; I havn't had time to look them over.