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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Neocon who wrote (15726)	6/6/2001 7:58:21 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

In the same way that we might expect anyone who makes a claim on our time and resources to pass such a preliminary test, I think that it is reasonable for me to list my objections and queries and ask that they be addressed before I will take seriously what are (to me) a novel set of complaints........ Sure. The question is the tone or the attitude with which one does that. If my neighbor is upset about the volume of my TV or my dog or whatever, do I stick my nose up in the air and demand evidence before I give her some of my time or do I offer her a cup of tea and invite her to tell me about it? Which one fosters the kind of community that you and I want to live in? I think that we should be instinctively receptive to hearing people, not instinctively dismissive. Karen

To: Neocon who wrote (15726)	6/6/2001 11:49:12 AM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

The third approach is to use the English Rule for attorneys fees -- that the loser pays the winner's attorneys fees. Lots of complaints would go away if there were a risk that it might cost you a bundle out of your own pocket to pursue a wrongful case. And right now, many companies settle lawsuits because it's cheaper than litigating them. But if they had the right to have their legal fees recouped, they would be more likely to fight cases, and IMO many fewer cases of highly dubious merit would be filed simply because the plaintiff expected a nuisance settlement.