From: bergman@panix.com (Mark Bergman)
Subject: Re: Dealing with the Insurance Scum
Organization: Panix Public Access Internet & Unix, NYC
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 07:51:24 GMT

In article <1993Jan11.165530.24774@adobe.com> cjackson@adobe.com (Curtis Jackson) writes:
>In article <C0Js6z.ItB@panix.com> bergman@panix.com (Mark Bergman) writes:
>}So, I've "screwed the general public" by being compensated for close to
>}7 years of daily pain, sometimes quite severe, as a result of being
>}rear-ended on a single-lane, 1-way street? Maybe some of this "extra"
>}compensation will pay for, say, a taxi to work while I'm in a cast and
>}can't ride?  Or pay for orthopedic devices for a lifetime that no
>}medical insurance covers? Sure, settlement numbers look huge. But a
>}....
>}
>}I'm not in favor of nusiance suits, and it has taken a lot to convince
>}me that I "deserve" this settlement. Think about the whole issue some
>}more before you speak. Think about the people involved, not just the
>}numbers. Think about living for 50 or 60 years, constantly affected by
>}a single moment of another person's stupidity at the wheel of a motor
>}vehicle.  Maybe you'll sound more like a human being and less like Dan
>}Qualye moaning about how lawyers are destroying American productivity.
>
>Thank you for finally providing *facts*. Your first posting could be
>accurately condensed down to the following:

FACT: Learn how to read before you post. What you've quoted
      _was_ my first posting on this subject. I just hope,
      for your sake, and for the safety of anyone around
      you, that you ride with more care and attention than
      you post. I hope you are less of a hazard on the road
      than you are on the net.

>
>"If someone hits you, sue them. I did it twice, and look at all the
> money I made. You can make a lot of money this way, too!"
>
>There was no mention of your having suffered any injuries. Given your
>inept first posting, what the @&#$#$% kind of reaction did you expect?
>Add to your crimes the fact that you then sat on your butt for a few
>days while the flames rose ever higher. Despite how it may sound, I'm
>glad you're an injured moron rather than an ambulance-chasing asshole.
>
>Deliberate flame-bait is a rec.moto tradition. Unfortunately, so are
>misleading postings made out of stupidity instead through worthy
>guile, subterfuge, and entrapment.
>

I'd like to give you the benefit of the doubt and think that
you intended your posting, incorrectly repsonding to me, in
the glorious tradition of flame-bait, but it is too bitter,
too serious, and too pathetic not to appear serious. I mean,
gee, talking about the "crime" of not responding to flames
on the net, and "misleading postings". Have you considered
thearpy? Still think you hear "Incoming" every now and
then?

>So let's forget this bozo and have more of the latter! I haven't seen
>mention of Slick-50 or deer whistles in ages!
>
>ObStereotyping: Given Mark's misleading original post, maybe we should
>lump public access Unix users in with .edu breaths.
>-- 

Well, I'm glad that your employer values you so much that
Adobe sees fit to let you grace us all with your chosen
wisdom and unique outlook. Maybe it's time for them to cut
back.

>Curtis Jackson			'91 Black Lab/Blue Heeler "Studley Doright"
>cjackson@mv.us.adobe.com	'92 Collie/Golden "George"
>DoD #721			'91 Hawk GT	'81 Maxim 650
>"I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead." -- J. Buffett


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