Now excuse me...
Aug. 9th, 2002 08:51 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
robinbloke...if I seem a little heartless for a second, and I don't mean to be because I do understand the losses of the people who died or lost relatives on that day. But check that link for just a second...
The key phrase is... But the family, who asked to remain anonymous, had to agree not to sue the airlines or government in exchange for the pay-out.
Sue the airlines? Noone could even conceptulise that something like this would happen, and even so isn't it the lunatics fault who held the the plane up and smacked it into the building plus associated other lunatics who organised this (and subsequently got bombed into oblivion) or the government?
This musing was really more sparked by this is the world descending into a blame culture when the concept of an self-inflicted accident actually vanishing? Should judges be given a big fat 'common sense' card to smack people around the head with when (for example) they try to sue for things like this ? They're greasy burgers dammit, you eat lots of them you'll get fat, what do you expect?!
I'll maybe get flamed for this, but I'm in a pissy mood this morning, so I apologise.
The key phrase is... But the family, who asked to remain anonymous, had to agree not to sue the airlines or government in exchange for the pay-out.
Sue the airlines? Noone could even conceptulise that something like this would happen, and even so isn't it the lunatics fault who held the the plane up and smacked it into the building plus associated other lunatics who organised this (and subsequently got bombed into oblivion) or the government?
This musing was really more sparked by this is the world descending into a blame culture when the concept of an self-inflicted accident actually vanishing? Should judges be given a big fat 'common sense' card to smack people around the head with when (for example) they try to sue for things like this ? They're greasy burgers dammit, you eat lots of them you'll get fat, what do you expect?!
I'll maybe get flamed for this, but I'm in a pissy mood this morning, so I apologise.
*Flames Robin.*
Date: 2002-08-09 09:58 am (UTC)Seriously though, you're not being heartless, at least not to this American. September 11th was a horrorible day for this country, almost as horrible as seein' people turn our beloved flag into a cheap comodity just days after it happened. I have no doubt that many families suffered very hard over their losses, but I think they're damn selfish. If they truly wanted to honor the ones they lost, they wouldn't ask for money, which would benefit THEIR personal needs. If they were looking to memorialize their lost ones, they'd donate that money to a charity to help other people who are in desperately need in this country. What better way to remember them by using their money to save more lives?