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Re: Art Debate Was: [Re: Swearing?]
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 19 Jan 2000 13:44:10 GMT
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On Tue, 18 Jan 2000 20:47:30 GMT, "Frank Filz" <ffilz@mindspring.com>
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> For things done while they were in power, sure. Although I'm not sure how
> statute of limitations should play in, though the only things which should
> have a statute of limitations are things for which the effect is relatively
> minor and temporary (i.e. if you wait 5 years to sue over the loss of a
> single days work back then, sorry, on the other hand, if 20 years down the
> line, science is finally able to identify that the chemical that company X
> spilled was the cause of 100 deaths, the officers of company X (at that
> time) should be held responsible, the company itself should also be held
> responsible).
Why should they be responsible if there were no way company X could
reasonably have known chemical X was lethal?
That's just random killing.[1]
Jasper
[1] Of careers, and possibly the people affected as well, as a direct
consequence.
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| (...) Perhaps they shouldn't have dumped stuff, which they didn't know what its effects might be, in an unsecured area. Think about how we handle radioactive waste. Some of it, we don't really know what effect it will have, so be bundle it up to (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| Richard Franks wrote in message ... (...) think (...) For things done while they were in power, sure. Although I'm not sure how statute of limitations should play in, though the only things which should have a statute of limitations are things for (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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