Its a shame, but jurors who show any outward signs of inquisitiveness, intelligence, thought,reason and education are most certain to be dismissed by the plaintiff’s lawyer. What they want is as many dumb and gullible shlubs as possible who they can persuade to be sympathetic to the victim, eager to reward regardless of who’s fault any injury or damage really is.

hawkeye54 on March 12, 2013 at 6:05 PM

Ya – that was exactly what was happening. I would have voted to kill the lawsuit if I had gotten on the jury – and I had already decided that just from the initial summary by the judge to the whole jury pool on what the case was about.
In fact, if given the opportunity, I would have told the family the only thing they deserved to get was a Darwin Award.

I never heard the results, but the family’s lawyer dismissed every jury candidate with any concept of calculating or evaluating time / distance / speed, and stopping distance, etc.

Its a shame, but jurors who show any outward signs of inquisitiveness, intelligence, thought,reason and education are most certain to be dismissed by the plaintiff’s lawyer. What they want is as many dumb and gullible shlubs as possible who they can persuade to be sympathetic to the victim, eager to reward regardless of who’s fault any injury or damage really is.

Oh, and in some places, yes, a friendly judge in collusion with a shyster lawyer and sympathetic jury, that jaywalker, or her/his survivors can collect in some places.

hawkeye54 on March 12, 2013 at 5:25 PM

One of my jury calls (not selected for the jury) was for a civil suit for wrongful death. The family of the deceased (Darwin candidate in my view) was suing a delivery truck driver who hit and killed the guy – who was drunk, walking down the middle of an icy downhill sloping road, in the middle of the night wearing all dark clothing. I never heard the results, but the family’s lawyer dismissed every jury candidate with any concept of calculating or evaluating time / distance / speed, and stopping distance, etc.

Dopeheads, people unrinating in public, gambling in public, blaring loud music in public etc. all need a nightstick shampoo from Officer Friendly and a few days as a guest of the county.
By the way, you get hit by a car jaywalking forget about collecting. However with any luck Darwin may give you and award.

Well, good luck getting any enforcement from Officer Friendly, if you habituate a leftist run city. The ACLU and its ilk have pretty much neutered the Officer Friendlys from even threatening to use a nightstick let alone actually make contact on a deserving noggin and are rarely to be seen if at all, and when they are, generally ignoring much of that behavior when such activity occurs.

Oh, and in some places, yes, a friendly judge in collusion with a shyster lawyer and sympathetic jury, that jaywalker, or her/his survivors can collect in some places.

Not all laws are bad as the libertarians wish you to believe. They serve to protect if written properly and enforced with common sense.
What is bad, criminal really, is the endless legislation that makes them and the lack of review of them a fixed time into the future.

Lame video.

ear piercing, earth thumping noise some people erroneously call music.

hawkeye54 on March 12, 2013 at 11:55 AM

I’ll have to admit that’s one area I agree with some having laws. I’ve been in traffic with a car nearby thumping their subwoofer so dam loud the vibrations give me an instant headache – even with my windows rolled up and my own music playing. I’ve been very tempted to shoot those people – so a law that can get them ticketed is a valid compromise in my view.

A lot of these ‘thou shalt nots’ are public safety or common courtesy concerns, and I don’t have a problem with most of ‘em.

Sorry, X,Y, or M slackers, but this is buzzfeed is buzz killed.

If you break the big laws, you get all the little laws.

And it makes liberal pols self satisfied that they’ve “done something” to address certain behavior, even if there is no practical way some laws can actually be enforced effectively. Law enforcement has better things to do.

I want to walk through urine on the streets with crowds of drinkers blasting Insane Clown Posse or whatever.

You can add the pungent aroma of pot wafting in the air you breathe with legalization of marijuana in some places and the inclination of pot heads publicly toking nearby, and the foul stench that permeates their clothes and bodies afterwards.

Most of the laws are very reasonable and the violations affect the quality of our lives. I don’t care that a bunch of yahoos who do not live in the state disagree with them.

I have to agree with you on some of those 15 laws illustrated, such as littering, loud music and public urination. Going beyond quality of life, they are for public health and safety concerns as well, if any are bothered to be enforced, that is. Unless you don’t mind at all an environment rife with the sight of litter, the fragrant aroma of urine and ear piercing, earth thumping noise some people erroneously call music.

This is why we need the deth penalty!!! This rampant lawlessness must be stopped!!! LOL!!!

Yes, there are way to many laws and way to many idiot nanny-staters out there. In the same way that the majority of lawyers give the rest a bad name, this does not mean that every law is unnecessary, or that the making of laws is automatically A Bad Thing. We need lawyers, and we need laws. And if you don’t know better than to piss on the wall of the bank downtown, then we’ll need an actual law so that the police can come along and politely ask you to refrain.

As noted above, I’m sure this is actually a rich vein, and yet the video seems to have completely struck out.

wildcat72 on March 11, 2013 at 10:57 PM

Proud to be one of the few who doesn’t think that movies and literature began when he was born. BTW, check out the Baen Free Library for some great old sci-fi, all indeed free!

Also I recommend the old disaster movie Towering Inferno…terrifyingly plausible and doubly scary after 9/11.

Bat Chain Puller on March 12, 2013 at 6:37 AM

You’re part of the problem.

beatcanvas on March 12, 2013 at 7:19 AM

No, he’s right. Most of the laws are very reasonable and the violations affect the quality of our lives. I don’t care that a bunch of yahoos who do not live in the state disagree with them.

What is the point of showing this video? With the exception of 1 or maybe 2 frivolous laws shown, the rest are very reasonable.

What am I missing here?

Still, I don’t think it should be a law, it should be common sense.

Odysseus on March 12, 2013 at 7:43 AM

Common sense is a commodity sorely lacking in many people. That’s why we have liberals — and libertarians and anarchists.

We need someone to make dribbly feel-good laws, and others to make still other laws necessary.

Which is all very interesting, because I’m pretty sure that the legitimate and law-abiding citizens who would largely be paying these taxes, are not the ones responsible for gun violence. Why is it, exactly, that the responsible people who take it upon themselves to bear arms — creating positive externalities in the effort — need to be deterred or punished?

Maybe, maybe not. I believe the statistics for firearms out there will quickly drop from 300 million to something much smaller as people will not be self-reporting.

The govt wants to turn us all into criminals.

freedomfirst on March 11, 2013 at 1:45 PM

Like I said yesterday…they’re turning us into criminals.

wildcat72 on March 11, 2013 at 10:04 PM

Too funny, I used your quote and the video on FB and FB linked Ayn Rand to Rand Paul.

Odysseus on March 12, 2013 at 7:34 AM

It also caused the explosion of organized crime, and corrupt union practices.
And, I argue that prohibition was a “shiney object” shown at the hard core religious types that took their eyes off of the “progressive” agenda that was developing at that time.

You’re part of the problem.

beatcanvas on March 12, 2013 at 7:19 AM

Good grief. I criticize a mediocre, lazy video that missed an opportunity to slam a great point home.

And now I’m “part of the problem.”

The one I’ve never understood is having to wear shoes to drive a car, a law I break all the time.

Bishop on March 11, 2013 at 10:22 PM

If you’ve ever seen a bad car crash with all the broken glass lying around, that might give you a hint. Still, I don’t think it should be a law, it should be common sense.