"git up, and git, git, git down... 911 is a joke in yo' town..."
Posted on 11/17/2004 10:26:22 AM PST by Temple Owl
Second Thoughts
By: William W. Lawrence
11/16/2004>P? Six women dispatchers have filed a civil lawsuit in U.S. District Court against the Delaware County 9-1-1 Center, saying they were subjected to groping, racial harassment and gossip.
One said,"It's like Pee-Wee's Playhouse." Another called it a Romper Room.
A seventh woman may join them in the suit. They are seeking a $1,000,000 each in damages.
Sounds as though they may have a case. If found guilty, the perpetrators should be punished.
However, taxpayers of Delaware County are innocent of playing in the 9-1-1 Romper Room and should not be made to pay a single tax red cent toward any settlement.
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Long-faced political specialists in editorial rooms and academics across America are now wondering how the greatest war hero in history got 3.5 million fewer votes than the most despised man on the East Coast, West Coast and Europe. I could tell them but they wouldn't listen anyway.
A friend, who is a respected member of the academic world, and a native of Massachusetts, gleefully e-mailed me an impressive chart showing that Red State voters have lower IQs than the voters in Blue States.
It took me about two minutes to check it out (Snopes) and determine that the professor was taken in by an Urban Legend. Remember, Professor, measure twice, cut once.
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You'll pay for their fun.
I was drinking the night before the exam...actually even during the exam...
The same argument could be made on behalf of the stockholders in any corporation where sexual harassment happens and lawsuits are filed.
The argument doesn't hold. The taxpayers will pay, just as the stockholders do. They are ultimately responsible to make sure that stuff doesn't happen.
I have no pity for the dispatchers, they should have dialed 911.
The "Civil Rights" lottery.
BWAHAHAHAHAHA
But seriously, I don't think they deserve a mill apiece.
Reluctantly, I agree with you. The taxpayers are not at fault per se, but it it the government's job to see that this does not happen, and the government is, after all, we the people.
The taxpayers, who are held financially responsible for damages, are the party who have no direct control and no information with which to avoid the situation. How do we know that the harrassed Dispatchers weren't in cahoots with the harrassers - proceeds to be split between them later?
The same incentives that motivate and enable fraudulent claims against insurance companies are present in this situation. "Harrass me in front of witnesses and we'll sue the government and split a mil!"
And while all of these parasites scam the system, your taxes and your insurance premiums just keep going up!
Well, there's their problem right there: they're ignorant!
Big John's a-Comin'!
The saloon was packed. The piano was playing, the people were drinking and dancing, and the gamblers were gambling. Just then, a man burst through the swinging doors and yelled, "Hey, everybody. Big John's a-comin'!" The saloon emptied in a hurry. People burst out the doors, leaped out of the windows and burst through the skylight. They climbed over each other in the rush to leave. General confusion reigned. The piano player stopped playing and the place became eerily silent. The bartender continued wiping the bar and cleaning the glasses.
Pretty soon, a cloud of dust appeared in the distance. As the cloud drew nearer it became apparent that it was caused by two buffalo being ridden by a very large man, 8 feet tall with an untrimmed beard. He was wearing a coonskin cap, a fringed leather jacket and pants, a cotton shirt and leather riding boots. He had fists the size of bowling balls. Leading the buffalo was a large mountain lion on a leash. The two buffalo pulled up to the saloon. The large man dismounted, tied the two buffalo to the hitching post, told the mountain lion to wait and proceeded toward the saloon. The earth shook and buildings swayed as this large and mighty man walked through the swinging doors, pulling them off of their hinges and destroying the door frame as he entered the building. The floor groaned and creaked as he ambled up to the bar.
The bartender began shaking nervously and tried to hide behind the bar. The large man approached the bar and demanded, "Whiskey!" The bartender poured a shot of bourbon into a glass and handed it to the man. The man grabbed the glass, threw it through the floorboards, and said, "I want whiskey!" The bartender handed him the whiskey barrel. The man broke the barrel over his knee, wolfed down the contents of one half, wiped his mouth with a tablecloth, and then drank the other half. The bartender stuttered and said, "W-w-w-would you l-l-l-like some more? It's on the house!" The large man turned, thanked the bartender for his hospitality, and said, "No, thanks. I don't have time for another. I've gotta get out of here." The bartender asked, "Wh-wh-why?"
The man began shaking and replied with a roar, "Big John's a-comin'!"
The state could save money by restaffing with hookers.
Well, Public Enemy always said "911 is a Joke".
"git up, and git, git, git down... 911 is a joke in yo' town..."
Good question, we don't.
However, we do know that the potential windfall to the plaintiffs and their greedy lawyers far exceeds any damage done. The actual damage done is probably nil.
That's not right either, but John Edwards would love to have you on his jury.
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Right, and the way in which tort law has been corrupted to award damages that are way out of proportion to the actual injury is the real injustice!
Of course it isn't "right." It's a flawed argument, just like the one where the writer claims we taxpayers should not be held responsible when our employees break the law while they're on the clock. I said as much myself.
but John Edwards would love to have you on his jury.
Well, thanks for the vote of confidence. But, are you able to formulate a reasoned counter-argument or, are you just a supercilious smart aleck?
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