From: Kenneth Carney (kcarney@mmcable.com)
Date: 05/05/00-08:43:15 PM Z
----- Original Message -----
From: Judy Seigel <jseigel@panix.com>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 12:38 AM
Subject: course of true love
>
> Dear Friends, I beg indulgence for one more message on the topic of the
> day and then I promise to be good & return to haute alt. (I'll add however
> that the love bug has been topic #1 on the radio, also real life, & still
> is -- a form of group therapy if you will -- so perfectly understandable
> for it to be featured here.) Rereading Keith's threat via Campos & Davis,
> it dawns on me what he's actually saying: If he is so stupid, negligent or
> reckless as to open an attachment with a virus in it, he's going to sue.
> True, the "proximate couse" would be himself, but we know he meant the
> sender.
>
> However, the minute he's opened it, HE will be transmitting the virus to
> everyone on HIS list (see Chris's vivid description). And they of course
> will sue HIM and so on ad infinitum. What more could we ask?
>
> best,
>
> Judy
You ask, what more could we ask? As we are taught in law school, surely no
one is truly responsible for his or her own actions. That is self-evident,
else how could the legal system survive? Like many lay persons, you do not
realize that more, not less litigation, is better for society. In each
lawsuit that goes to trial, there is a loser and a winner. Now, if I open
an email attachment without thought and wipe my hard drive, obviously I have
a cause of action, and will hire an attorney to collect the damages
rightfully due. But, what if a result-oriented judge rules that I should
have known how to use my computer? Obviously, I will sue the attorney who
represented me for malpractice. If I win, that attorney will reflect on his
misfortune and realize that he received an inadequate legal education.
Therefore, he will sue his law school, which may go out of business as a
result. I have not worked out the math, but as a rough guess a four-fold
increase in unfounded litigation might result in extinction of lawyers
within a generation or so. I'll think about some more while I'm driving out
of the McDonald's with some superheated coffee between my legs.
In a desparate attempt at Redemption, i.e., getting on topic. I would like
to try some gum prints. Could you please recommend a text that will get me
started? Thx.
Regards,
--Ken Carney
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