[pct-l] lawsuits in wilderness settings...Wake up

[Jim Banks]

Brick, I agree with your comments, but I must point out that lawyers do not
give out the judgments and awards, juries do.  So it is very important for
reasonable, sane people to not try to dodge jury duty.


I-Beam


-----Original Message-----
From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
On Behalf Of Brick Robbins
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2011 12:54 PM
To: pct-l at backcountry.net
Subject: Re: [pct-l] lawsuits in wilderness settings...Wake up

On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 9:20 AM, Reinhold Metzger
<reinholdmetzger at cox.net> wrote:
> Does this surprise you guys?
> We are living in a world where society has gotten used to the Govt.
> taking care of all your needs even rewarding you for damages caused by
> your own negligence or stupidity.
> Wake up.... the time of self reliance is a time gone by....it is history.

I think this is more a case of Lawyers gaming the system in order to
maximize profits, as is the focus of much of American business these
days.

Ethics is the difference between what you have the right to do and
what is The Right Thing to do

I personally find a disturbing lack of ethics in the USA today, be it
from Business, individuals, or liberal or conservative politicians....
And I see more threats to "the right thing to do" like stewarding our
public treasures such as the PCT, as large businesses with deep
pockets buy more politicians.

Under the guise of deregulation, free markets and human rights for
corporations, I think our government has moved from a democracy to a
Plutocracy.

All IMHO and YMMV
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