tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11017428.post111999211593702876..comments2023-11-02T10:12:33.801-04:00Comments on Soul Kerfuffle: P2PYeagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02094244295900113594noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11017428.post-1127683601483544862005-09-25T17:26:00.000-04:002005-09-25T17:26:00.000-04:00These are all very lucid legal points. However, i...These are all very lucid legal points. However, it is important to recognize that through it all, the bathhouse homoeroticism displayed by Chad Pennington each and every Sunday reaches out to every man within shouting distance of a television box and renders us impotent and useless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11017428.post-1120133657380235732005-06-30T08:14:00.000-04:002005-06-30T08:14:00.000-04:00And especially have no place making arguments in *...And especially have no place making arguments in *this* group!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11017428.post-1120066666139076362005-06-29T13:37:00.000-04:002005-06-29T13:37:00.000-04:00What a clear and lucid explanation. Don't you real...What a clear and lucid explanation. Don't you realize that clarity and rationality have no place on the web?!?! n00b.Yeagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02094244295900113594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11017428.post-1120064337663081122005-06-29T12:58:00.000-04:002005-06-29T12:58:00.000-04:00First off, I can't believe I am doing law related ...First off, I can't believe I am doing law related work during my break - damn you Yeager. Okay here is my response (which should not in any way be construed as legal advice, because that could get me disbarred before I even take the Bar):<BR/><BR/>As for the laser case, the laser company was held liable for damage caused to the neighbor's house because there was no warning on the packaging that the laser should not be used for Bob's purposes. A product may be defective as a result of the manufacturer's failure to give adequate warnings as to the risks involved in using the product. In Bob's case, while his use was not the ordinary use, it was reasonably foreseeable, so the manufacturer had a duty to Bob and Bob's neighbor to either warn Bob not to tweak the product for his use, or make the product safe for Bob's use. Here, Bob's tweaking is what caused a latent defect in the product to set fire to the neighbor's house. <BR/><BR/>It was a very fact-specific hypothetical, so I think it would be incorrect to draw any broad conclusions from it. <BR/><BR/>As for guns and bowie knives, manufacturers are not held liable for dangerous products if the danger is apparent and there is no safer way to make the product.<BR/><BR/>Therefore, a manufacturer would be held liable if the gun was defectively made and discharged without anyone pulling the trigger, but would not be held liable for murder by the weapon. <BR/><BR/>That's the law as I know it. Hope it helps. <BR/><BR/>I don't know anything about copyright law, so you guys are on your own there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11017428.post-1120049660585862112005-06-29T08:54:00.000-04:002005-06-29T08:54:00.000-04:00No, your point was rendered entirely futile by you...No, your point was rendered entirely futile by your reference to wooden shovels.Yeagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02094244295900113594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11017428.post-1120048570597350032005-06-29T08:36:00.000-04:002005-06-29T08:36:00.000-04:00(sigh) I meant wooden spoons, not wooden shovels. ...(sigh) I meant wooden spoons, not wooden shovels. You get the point.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11017428.post-1120048501502076082005-06-29T08:35:00.000-04:002005-06-29T08:35:00.000-04:00It will be a sad day for this country when gun mak...It will be a sad day for this country when gun makers are unilaterally held responsible for murders. I like guns. I enjoy shooting as a hobby (I'm a pretty good shot) and I enjoy the engineering that goes into making guns - a technology that is older and little-changed than many people think. <BR/><BR/>By extension, the Bowie Knife Works must then be held responsible, the Swiss Army Knife company, the Ronco Pocket Fisherman and Craftsman. What about General Motors for every Vehicular Homicide case? What about shovels? And so on... <BR/><BR/>I maintain that the tool isn't the problem - a gun, a laser, a knife, a car - it's the intent and purpose for which it's used that is the problem.<BR/><BR/>If you could wave a magic wand and make all the guns everywhere disappear, then believe me people would start killing each other with wooden shovels, pink ribbons and all kinds of other, otherwise innoculous shit.<BR/><BR/>$.02Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com