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Title: Finally a judge with some sense.... Mcdonalds not to blame.
Post by: luckee on January 23, 2003, 03:13:03 AM: http://www.msnbc.com/news/862802.asp

The fat kids don\'t get their millions of dollars because they got fat.

“IF CONSUMERS know (or reasonably should know) the potential ill health effects of eating at McDonald’s, they cannot blame McDonald’s if they, nonetheless, choose to satiate their appetite with a surfeit of supersized McDonald’s products,”
Title: Finally a judge with some sense.... Mcdonalds not to blame.
Post by: project86 on January 23, 2003, 03:48:58 AM: Quote
“If a person knows or should know that eating copious orders of supersized McDonald’s products is unhealthy and may result in weight gain ... it is not the place of the law to protect them from their own excesses,” the judge said. “Nobody is forced to eat at McDonald’s.”

It’s about time we see a glimpse of common sense in the judicial system today. To many people suing too many companies for too many stupid reasons.
Title: Finally a judge with some sense.... Mcdonalds not to blame.
Post by: Mr. Kennedy on January 23, 2003, 04:19:25 AM: well... duh
Title: Finally a judge with some sense.... Mcdonalds not to blame.
Post by: shawn9990 on January 23, 2003, 06:08:49 AM: those fat people that think they should get money for something that they have the power to control
Title: Finally a judge with some sense.... Mcdonalds not to blame.
Post by: project86 on January 23, 2003, 06:12:37 AM: Quote
Originally posted by shawn9990
those fat people that think they should get money for something that they have the power to control
Not all fat people have the ability to control their obesity. There are instances where ones biological chemicals can be thrown off to creat an obese state. It\'s the stupidity of those that think they can sue for such a thing that\'s the real kicker.
Title: Finally a judge with some sense.... Mcdonalds not to blame.
Post by: Ace on January 23, 2003, 06:20:35 AM: Hey, I agree with luckee! I have to check and see if hell is freezing over.

Ace
Title: Finally a judge with some sense.... Mcdonalds not to blame.
Post by: Bobs_Hardware on January 23, 2003, 06:25:21 AM: Quote
Originally posted by project86
There are instances where ones biological chemicals can be thrown off to creat an obese state.

If those people are eating at McDonalds, they certainly aren\'t helping their cause.

:)
Title: Finally a judge with some sense.... Mcdonalds not to blame.
Post by: luckee on January 23, 2003, 06:31:00 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Ace
Hey, I agree with luckee! I have to check and see if hell is freezing over.

Ace

;) odd isnt it? Actually, I think this is the 3rd time we have been on the same page :D
Title: Finally a judge with some sense.... Mcdonalds not to blame.
Post by: project86 on January 23, 2003, 06:31:32 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Bobs_Hardware

If those people are eating at McDonalds, they certainly aren\'t helping their cause.

:)
Whatever do you mean? Are you trying to tell me that McDonalds doesn’t have any food that may aid in weight loss? Come on man! What about the McSalad? Or the Free water? Those certainly can’t be all that bad for ya.;)
Title: Finally a judge with some sense.... Mcdonalds not to blame.
Post by: Kurt Angle on January 23, 2003, 09:11:09 AM: It\'s good to see someone with a bit of sense for a change.
Title: Finally a judge with some sense.... Mcdonalds not to blame.
Post by: kopking on January 23, 2003, 02:04:10 PM: damn there goes my lawsuit, i was gonna sue adio footwear cos i asked a i fell over, and at the time i was wearing adio trainers.....

congrats my judge, you have common sense
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Post by: Darth Joyda on January 23, 2003, 02:14:42 PM: It\'s about time, too.

If a person can get millions from a microwave-company by sticking a cat into the microwave, being in full acknowledgement of the consequences, the justice-system is deeply flawed and very questionable.

Why not use some common sense?

This judge made a difference, and \'thus earns my applauds.
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Post by: Cyrus on January 23, 2003, 02:30:22 PM: Quote
Originally posted by shawn9990
those fat people that think they should get money for something that they have the power to control

Smokers got it from the tabaco manufactures didnt they smae thing as far as Im consered
Title: Finally a judge with some sense.... Mcdonalds not to blame.
Post by: Knotter8 on January 23, 2003, 02:48:06 PM: Ridiculous :o Ppl can check McDonald\'s food calories index online.
There you can see that it\'s absolutely saturated with calories. If
ppl eat lots of it, they\'re bound to get fat. It was their own fault getting obese in the first place.
Title: Finally a judge with some sense.... Mcdonalds not to blame.
Post by: Titan on January 23, 2003, 04:48:45 PM: Anyone that smokes, or eats and gets fat, its common sense that you\'ll get emphasema, lung cancer (for smokers) and fat from a fast food restaurant. Those people thought they could get millions from thir misfortunes. They are just like the people that sue when a relative dies.
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Post by: Eiksirf on January 24, 2003, 10:55:36 AM: I\'m glad they lost, because could you imagine the lawsuits that would flood the system if those fatties waddled out of the courtroom with the cash?

I\'d be forced to sue something too. I don\'t know what, but something.

How about Nintendo for making me lazy and stealing so many hours of my life with their video games?

Or maybe Dell for the risk of carpal tunnel from keyboards.

Thank God there\'s still a little respectability in our systems.

-Eik
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Post by: project86 on January 24, 2003, 11:00:19 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Eiksirf
Or maybe Dell for the risk of carpal tunnel from keyboards.

This idea is a sure win for a couple million man. Don’t pass up the opportunity. ;)
Title: Finally a judge with some sense.... Mcdonalds not to blame.
Post by: Silent D on January 24, 2003, 12:33:55 PM: Waah, I\'m fat. Give me an absurd amount of money to compensate for my stupidity. :rolleyes:

Finally, the court system does something intelligent. The commonse sense meteor seems to getting closer. ;)