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Silly Law Suits; They're Not Just For Americans Anymore
Okay it's official it's not just americans suing McDonalds for having hot coffee anymore, the rest of the world has lost it's mind, a woman in New Zeland is fired for using red text and all caps in an email about forms that were filled out wrong and because some people were "offended" she was fired. But the best part of the story is she wins a law suit for lost wages in the amount of 17K.
 clarkkent  02 Sep 2009 14:20
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I agree, unfortunately one of the America's greatest exports is its cultural perversions. Seems like it is one of the few products in which the US is still the world leader.
 
 charlee  03 Sep 2009 15:04
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 God forbid the citizens be able to hold those with power and money accountable for screwing with their lifes.
by  justsumguy
 03 Sep 2009 15:23
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It never was. You want to know the funny part? If you go back and read the McDonalds coffee case in detail the claiments had a good point. It wasn't nearly as frivolous as it was made out to be in the public eye. They had badly injured a number of people and made the informed decision to keep serving their drive through coffee much hotter than the other places because it got them business.
 
 finsch  02 Sep 2009 15:15
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 We can't agree even when we agree. lol
by  justsumguy
 02 Sep 2009 16:45
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There may be silly justice systems. There may be silly judges and juries.

My guess is it's more a case of people making silly assumptions about cases where their evidence is presented by what they read or hear from media as opposed to being present when all the evidence is presented.
 
 justsumguy  02 Sep 2009 14:54
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 We always agree even when we disagree.
by  finsch
 02 Sep 2009 17:05
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