Space Empires V or ridiculous lawsuits? What is the connection?

snakeye · #1 May 29th, 2003, 05:01 PM

I would like to say here that I mailed the developer of SEIV to thank him for the SEIV been such a great game. In his reply he informed me that Starfury is the next thing to come out and Space Empires V is in the works. OH BOY! CANT WAIT! *drool*

Fyron · #2 May 29th, 2003, 08:57 PM

Actually, I believe the coffee woman won her case... something about the McDonald's defense lawyers using "what does an old woman need her vagina for" as part of their defense...

narf poit chez BOOM · #3 May 30th, 2003, 06:42 AM

having seen some of those urban mythologies in the paper, i can tell you, it happens. but yeah, we should know what happens in appeals to. but some of these shouldn't have to go there.

Fyron · #4 May 30th, 2003, 08:04 AM

Restricting anyone's right to petition for an appeal is a sure path to tyranny.

[ May 30, 2003, 07:04: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

narf poit chez BOOM · #5 May 30th, 2003, 09:11 AM

no, i'm saying that some judges could use a little more common sense, so people don't have to appeal.

Jack Simth · #6 May 30th, 2003, 10:10 AM

One problem with that is that it isn't a lack of common sense on the part of the judge that makes people want to appeal, but the fact that they lost the first time.

Another: how do you develop a test of common sense to give to the judges? Remember, this test is going to have to be given to all of the judges, must be fair, and must be very difficult to cheat on or very easy to discover cheating on.

But yeah, it would be great if more judges had more common sense. Common sense is seldom bad.

Unfortunately, common Sense is rather rare.

Fyron · #7 May 30th, 2003, 10:12 AM

I am not quite sure you entirely understand what an appeal is. An appeal is when you lose a case in a lower court and then submit it for a re-ruling to a higher court. No method of ruling on a case can ever in any way shape or form prevent someone from filing an appeal. The only thing that can (and does) prevent some cases from being appealable is when it is ruled on by the highest level of court that will see such a case. So, if you are a US citizen, a case in which you are suing someone can't very well be appealed to the US Supreme Court (unless you are making a suit that would begin there, which is a special case) because it does not hear petty (as in, not against government officials or government agencies (or states themselves

) law suits. I hope I explained that correctly.

IANAL, afterall (and if you don't know what that acronym means, not my problem

- search on Shrapnel

).

Judges do use common sense. But, common sense is entirely subjective, and what seems common to you is not necessarily common to everyone.