Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Mar 7, 2007, at 8:31 AM, Didier Ludwig wrote: > Walt > Myself I'm always astonished about these damage claims gee why ??? :-) put a bullet in your head, why not sue the gun manufacturer...? Steve > - the US laws for product and producer's liability are much tougher > than around here (Europe I mean). Personally I find it's up to each > own's responsibility what he does to his health. If regulating > smoking and obesity, then there could be done much more against it > if the typical diseases resulting from it would be excluded from > the basic health insurances (or coupled with a significant higher > fee or percentage share). In Switzerland, a smoker costs half a > million francs in average - smoking related illness costs only - > and after subtracting the tobacco taxes he paid with every box of > cigarettes. > Didier > > > >> Didier >> >> Unfortunately, you are probably right. I can picture it now, with >> a 300 pound woman tearfully telling the jury " the Burger King >> made do it". The destructive element of this scenario jumps out >> and bites like a snake. As long as we blame everyone and >> everything but ourselves we don't stand a chance. Who doesn't >> realize what a Whopper and fries does to their svelteness? >> Nonetheless, it goes according to plan. The obese woman cries, the >> jury sniffles, Oprah has tears running down her cheek for the >> close up and we all lose. >> >> Burger King hands out a whopper of a cash settlement, and raises >> the price for their delicacies. The obese woman takes he new found >> wealth, buys a gold-plated scooter to zip up and down the junk >> food aisles. The rest of us? Who knows, maybe we continue to stuff >> ourselves silly in preparation for the next ice age. :-) >> >> Walt >> >> Didier Ludwig wrote: >>> The day will come where these companies will be taken to court >>> and claimed for damages for selling ill making goods - like the >>> tobacco industry. Kellogs (corn flakes) for instance has already >>> begun to use wholemeal ingredients and lowered the sugar contents >>> - after they got tons of bad press articles about making kids fat. >>> Didier > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information