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["Alan MacHett" <machett AT ibiblio.org>]

Trust me, I abhor McDonald's and the rest of corporate America, but on
such matters I side with Darwin (in favor of McD's, Philip Morris, and
Smith&Wesson).  Stupidity is no excuse for compensation.  A hot cup of
coffee is a hot cup of coffee, regardless of the exact measurement in
Centigrades or Kelvins.  I don't know about you, but I would *never* put a
cup of hot coffee between my legs, even if I believed it wasn't *that*
hot.  We should be letting these people eliminate themselves from the gene
pool; instead, we're giving them money for it.

-Alan

In reference to Joe Komenda's message:
> You are incorrect regarding the McDonald's lawsuit. From snopes.com:
>
> '...the "woman scalded by hot coffee" suit, which at first blush looked
> like the height of frivolity proved to be a perfectly legitimate action
> taken against a corporation that knew, thanks to a string of similar
> scaldings it had quietly been paying off, that its coffee was not just
> hot, but *dangerously* hot. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America
> provides an excellent description of this case."
>
> Note: descriptions of the woman's burns are quite graphic.
> http://tinyurl.com/58ul
>
> Sorry, that one is a pet peeve.
> Joe K
> ===================
> Alan MacHett wrote:
>
>> the good ol' U. S. of A.
>>
>> only in Amerika can you spill hot coffee on your crotch and win $3M in a
>> lawsuit.
>