Re: The Blameless Society

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From: Gerry Carter
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 03:34

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"David Nicholson" <davidnicholson@sympatico_remove_.ca> wrote in message
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> Gerry Carter wrote:
> > So my question is, how does a bartender serving me one more drink wind
up
> > having my responsibility transferred to him?  It is a ludicrous
situation
> > brought about by political correctness run amok and is symptomatic of a
> > victim mentality.
>
>
> Gerry:
>
> Have you missed the fact that the drunk is still responsible?  In the
> recent notorious Hunt case, for example, the plaintiff was 75%
> responsible and the company that threw the party 25% responsible.
> It is NOT a case of the drunk being able to avoid ALL responsibility.
> In fact, she/he retains the major part of it.  In the bartender (civil)
> cases,
> I believe it is usually the injured victim who sues, the drunk driver who
> is mostly responsible to the victim and the bartender/bar who collected
> money for enabling the driver to become drunk who is responsible to
> a lesser degree.  Sounds right to me.
>
> David Nicholson

Doesn't to me.

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