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Your friends mom probably has a better case against the Environmental Protection Agency, which declared that the air was safe to breathe even though they knew it to be unsafe.

As for reality television. You're watching for human misery and you get what you pay for. If this would help reality television go away, though, I'd be all for it. Since, at best, this would result in another dumbass disclaimer ("Coffee is hot."), I have to give it a thumb's down.

smurf. People have too much smurfing time on their hands. You should know what you're getting into if you're watching an episode of Fear Factor. And if it's SO SHOCKING that you can't get to the TV and change the channel, then you're pretty goddamn pathetic.

And if this is not a lame attempt at money, then what exactly is it? If it's a message, then it's a prety useless one. It's pretty simple: if you don't like it, change the channel. Correct me if I'm wrong, but Fear Factor isn't violating any FCC regulations.

booboo. People have too much washing time on their hands. You should know what you're getting into if you're watching an episode of Fear Factor. And if it's SO SHOCKING that you can't get to the TV and change the channel, then you're pretty goddamn pathetic.

And if this is not a lame attempt at money, then what exactly is it? If it's a message, then it's a prety useless one. It's pretty simple: if you don't like it, change the channel. Correct me if I'm wrong, but Fear Factor isn't violating any FCC regulations.

More pathetic are those who obsess over these lawsuits.  Suit is obviously bogus, so who cares.

I think people get pissed off about these suits because they tie up the already over-burdened judicial system to hear them.  It delays legimitmate suits, not to mention wastes taxpayer money.

Perhaps we need a "loser pays" system to help prevent these types of cases.

Your friends mom probably has a better case against the Environmental Protection Agency, which declared that the air was safe to breathe even though they knew it to be unsafe.

As for reality television. You're watching for human misery and you get what you pay for. If this would help reality television go away, though, I'd be all for it. Since, at best, this would result in another dumbass disclaimer ("Coffee is hot."), I have to give it a thumb's down.

hmm the coffee i like is cold
a better disclaimer would read : "Hot Coffee is Hot"... because "when in doubt, it is best to assume that everyone is an idiot."

booboo. People have too much washing time on their hands. You should know what you're getting into if you're watching an episode of Fear Factor. And if it's SO SHOCKING that you can't get to the TV and change the channel, then you're pretty goddamn pathetic.

And if this is not a lame attempt at money, then what exactly is it? If it's a message, then it's a prety useless one. It's pretty simple: if you don't like it, change the channel. Correct me if I'm wrong, but Fear Factor isn't violating any FCC regulations.

More pathetic are those who obsess over these lawsuits.  Suit is obviously bogus, so who cares.

I agree, but I don't necessarily think that a thread and the ensuing comments would be considered "obsessing".

I mean, like any other topic on these boards, can we not discuss anything?

Nokx, being the archetypal dumb conservative, does have a habit of obsessing over them.

Deal with it.

Nokx, being the archetypal dumb conservative, does have a habit of obsessing over them.

True, but that doesn't mean I'm going to ignore his posts/topics out of partisanship.

It ain't the partisanship, its the stupidity.

Somehow, in this case I doubt it.

I think that you're too afraid to agree with his POV. So instead you would rather call this entire topic 'stupid', and worthless.

Nokx, being the archetypal dumb conservative, does have a habit of obsessing over them.

True, but that doesn't mean I'm going to ignore his posts/topics out of partisanship.

It ain't the partisanship, its the stupidity.

Somehow, in this case I doubt it.

I think that you're too afraid to agree with his POV. So instead you would rather call this entire topic 'stupid', and worthless.

His POV?  I think there are possibly some needed reforms to address some abuses.  I think the scale of the abuses is greatly magnified.  This case will obviously get thrown out.  Unless you only want to limit his POV to "what a joke" which I'll agree with, but in that case, its not a topic for minithink, its unplugged.

Isn't there already legislation for this stuff?

I'm sure the producers of "Fear Factor" are just loving this.

"Goody! Loads of free coverage!"

And I don't see how this sort of lawsuit can be stopped without altering the constitution, perhaps dangerously so (for who can be trusted to decide where the line should be drawn between a seriou and frivolous lawsuit?).

Trust the same people you are forced to trust now, a panel of judges. Make the filing of crap like this a serious criminal offense with large fines and jail time. Eliminate the 'nothing to lose' aspect and people will change.

well, what the smurf would you expect from eating that?

The guy suing didn't eat nuthin, he only watched it on the teevee.

Besides, I hear it tastes like chicken.