Functionally ReTodded

I’d like to make it clear that if I were forced to pick a political affiliation, I’d have to say I’m a Libertarian. I don’t agree with everything they believe in, like the fact that international relations don’t matter, but I do believe in the biggest parts of the party: smaller government and personal responsibility.

I smoked for 22 years. When I started in the early 80’s, I was 13, and even then, I knew it was my own choice. These 65 year old retards winning jury awards in the billions made me crazy even then. I contend that a five year old standing next to a campfire knows not to stand in the smoke, so an adult claiming that they didn’t know inhaling smoke was bad for them is either retarded or just stupid. Rewarding either group for smoking is downright silly.

That means that I get very VERY angry when I read about frivolous lawsuits. When you hear about some fucktard that buys white-hot coffee and puts it next to her vagina and then sues because it was hot. I also get angry when I hear about some dumbass who sues because, while they were futzing with some heavy thing above their head at a Wal-Mart they made a microwave fall on their own head, and expect Wally World to pay the a bo-jillion dollars.

So you can imagine how angry I was when I read this article .

If you’re too busy to click on the link, the story is about a kid who, while playing little league, was struck in the chest by a batted ball and who subsequently suffered brain and other damages.

Am I happy this boy and his family are suffering after this tragedy?  Of course not.

But his family didn’t sue the bat maker when they signed their son up for baseball.  They didn’t sue when they signed the injury waiver for the league.  They didn’t sue despite the fact that they knew this was an aluminum bat league, because everything was fine the day they signed up their son for baseball.

Of course it’s tragic and sad, but the answer isn’t a lawsuit.  There are thousands of aluminum bat leagues around the country (including the one my nephew plays in), and you know that baseball is a risk in general.

I watched a boy get hit in the hipbone yesterday that could have been terrible.  It wasn’t, but if he had been hurt seriously, his family wouldn’t have thought about suing the ball maker for that injury.

Any time a child gets hurt or dies it is tragic.  But to harm a person or company won’t uninjure that child or bring that child back.

Ultimately, parents should give a little more thought before signing those waiver forms.  That’s where you ultimately decide the risk that your kid is exposed to in organized sports.