Posted On: July 6, 2007, 6:55 am CDT

Posted By: wudchuck

i understand what ur saying there, but my whole idea is the questioning why the bar itself it taking the blame when in reality, it was the owner of the bar whom served himself the drinks whom had the accident. that wud be like me having a drink at my local park with a keg and got myself drunk. then turn to the park or the keg delivery folks and get their money to cover the claim. it might sound far fetch, but in reality that is basically what we are doing. we forget that it truly is the individual is responsible and not the companies. it goes back to the responsibility of the individual whom is smoking. i smoke and if i get cancer i can just sue the manufacturer. even tho, i know that i can cause health problems. reality check on this one and this is a major sticking point for me: the recipe for the actual cigarette was a guarded secret between the u.s. government and the mfg folks. when it went to court, only the mfg folks were sued. yet, out government denied to have anything to do with it. yet, they knew, that it was a potential hazard. if i owned a cigarette plant now, i wud be advertising just like normal; sponsoring cars, tv ads and the sort. society as a whole, has learned that it is easy to blame everyone else, but ourselves. no personal responsibility and then let companies pay the big bills. yes, there will be occasions where the big guns will be at fault. but is it really more of them at fault or the individual? another reason why we have frivilous lawsuits. if you had read another article about a judge/lawyer whom had sued a dry cleaner for $75 million for a lost set of pants, it was lowered to $54 million and then the appeal judge threw that out as well; society today is so hung up on $$$ they forget the moral value. when is enough - enough?