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

[Fyron]

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

Unfortunately, common Sense is rather rare.

See previous post about common sense.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

1: is i 0.5 inch long, 0.1 inch deep cut on your finger a:
a: miner cut
b: hospital emergency
c: reason to sue

2: if you do something stupid, is it:
a: your fault
b: not your fault
c: reason to sue

3: if someone says something irritating to you, is it:
a: time to say "that's irritating"
b: horrible
c: reason to sue

[Jack Simth]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
Judges do use common sense. But, common sense is entirely subjective, and what seems common to you is not necessarily common to everyone.

That causes the same effect (perhaps just very similar effect) as it being rare.

[Fyron]

That post has nothing to do with what we were talking about (appeals)...

Also, it is impossible to write absolute guidelines for whether a case is "courtworthy" or if it should be allowable in court. And again, all judges exercise their Version of common sense. You can not possibly expect to absolutely codify something as subjective as common sense.

There is no absolute guideline possible for when something you did is stupid or not. It might have been, but again, "stupid" is fairly subjective. What is stupid to you is often not stupid to others. It can be, but it is not necessarily the case.

Also, someone irritating you is actually a valid grounds for suing them, if they constantly bother you day after day after day and you always tell them to leave you alone. Get a restraining order slapped on them (not all suits have to do with money, you know).

[Fyron]

Originally posted by Jack Simth:

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Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
Judges do use common sense. But, common sense is entirely subjective, and what seems common to you is not necessarily common to everyone.

That causes the same effect (perhaps just very similar effect) as it being rare.

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But the point is that it is not rare. It is only your specific Version of common sense that is rare.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

if it hurts and your not exercising, it's probably stupid.
perhaps i didn't make it clear, that option for telling them it's irritating was for the first time.
sleep now.

[Jack Simth]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
But the point is that it is not rare. It is only your specific Version of common sense that is rare.

Which is the same effect (or very neraly so), which is what I said.

[ May 30, 2003, 09:40: Message edited by: Jack Simth ]