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Pardon me for being ignorant for a moment, but there are a few things I
don't understand about the US way of always assigning blame to some one
else but yourself.
If a tank is brought in to be filled, it is owned by a private person and
it is not empty, how on earth can you at the fill station be responsible
for what's in the tank? Why does it matter? As long as your air is
clean, isn't that the end of your responsibility (checking hydro and vis
aside)?
To me this whole thing sounds analogous to someone filling up their car's
gas tank with water and sugar, then drive to the gas station for a $5
fill, drive along and wreck the engine the next day and finally sue the
gas station for damages! So the guy did not die from it, but the car did.
I don't get it. What happened to being responsible for yourself?
Egil.
On Fri, 10 Oct 1997, Ted Green wrote:
> To the contrary Jammer,
> It is I who boldly stand here and tell you that it will
> be done my way, the correct way, in my store. I do not fear
> liability; I control the risk. I avoid unnecessary risk by not
> lowering my standards to yours. If you choose not to do it to
> my standard, yours will not be done in my store!
> Only a person with nothing to loose would not concern
> himself with reducing the risks of the endeavour. I guess that pretty
> much summarizes you don't you think?
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Egil Aabel Naesguthe
Queen's University E-mail: egil@me*.qu*.ca*
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Kingston, ON Phone: +1 613-545 6730
K7L 3N6
Canada Fax: +1 613-545 6489
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