Posted On: May 15, 2008, 12:33 pm CDT

Posted By: nobody

GMAB - Or how about suing your mother for giving birth to you... if you weren't born, you wouldn't have been there in the first place..

A lot of people suffer tragedy in their lives, I'm not discounting your situation - or anyone else who was a victim of this senseless accident (accident: definition - an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation; an undesigned, sudden, and unexpected event; chance; contingency; often, an undesigned and unforeseen occurrence of an afflictive or unfortunate character; a casualty; a mishap; as, to die by an accident)

These people didn't intend for this to happen - no matter how horrifying the outcome.

I'm just wondering where you get the idea that everyone in their brother is responsible for paying for something they had no direct control over?

Only those "directly responsible" for the tragic incident are responsible. The owners for making a bad decision, the band for using pyrotechnics in an enclosed confined space without making sure the surrounding areas were fireproof, and I put some fault on the inspector/city for not having regular inspections that would have caught the fact they were using the foam in the first place.

The issue here is that the foam manufacturer didn't make a special piece of foam to put in this particular nightclub - for this specific purpose. A piece of their product was used in a method for which it was not intended - so why should they pay? Why should anyone else pay for that matter if they were so far removed from the decisions of the club owners?

When the money available to the guilty party dries up its gone - if there was no money to begin with you get nothing.

I was a victem of medical malpractice when I was a minor (16) and the only thing we wanted out of it was that I didn't lose my leg - Yes I have scars - huge scars because of the surgeries that followed to fix it - and yes I am in agony every day - but we didn't sue - That was the choice my parents made when it happened, and my decision when I had one to make on my own.

I can walk and I have a let to stand on and I deal with my problems on a daily basis. Now 30 years later I need a complete knee replacement - which isn't going to be easy because of the damage that was caused during a "routine surgery" So what - There are more important things in life than trying to make someone else pay for the misfortunes you encounter along the way.

It's sad to watch this different generation evolve - one driven by greed, perceived entitlement and irresponsibility.

Best wishes for your future..