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Most people here in the U.S. don't understand this thinking either, but until our legal systems change thats the way it is here - completely stupid. A lot of people and lawyers don't think were responsible for our own actions, only whomever's pocketbook is largest is responsible. At 08:49 PM 10/10/97 -0400, Egil Aabel Naesguthe wrote: >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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