SORRY Had to Post this *People are SO stupid!!*

[Edwina's Secretary]

Yes I have read the latest Darwin book. Not as good as the first -- a little too much stretch in it. The first one is VERY funny.

But I have to disagree about our legal system. It is a fine system, but as I always tell people -- a jury is made up of 12 people who couldn't get out of it. When have you ever heard anyone say..."I am so happy I have been called for jury duty"? In Illinois judges are elected. What fraction of the fraction of people who vote bother to know anything about the candidates?

Any of these awards that are actually paid (many will be overturned -- either by summary judgement or on appeal) will be paid by insurance companies. And insurance companies are perceived to be big, deep-pocketed, evil bloodsuckers who deserve to pay. (Not that they do of course -- we...the policyholders pay the settlement.)

And finally...there is the pervasive attitude that if something "bad" happens to us -- it is someone else's fault and someone must pay.

And I said I would leave my politics off this board