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Egil In theory I agree with you. In the states we have what they call shot gun law suits. Take aim blame all and see who pays. This is a real problem in the states that's why we need tort reform. Alex ---------- > From: Egil Aabel Naesguthe <egil@me*.qu*.ca*> > To: techdiver@aquanaut.com > Subject: Re: Internet guide to Trimix > Date: Friday, October 10, 1997 8:49 PM > > 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? > > ==================================================================== > 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 > ==================================================================== > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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