[rescue] RE: Small schools...

[Joshua D. Boyd]

I guess the people are the same everywhere.  Mostly looking for other
people to blame for their problems.  It's just that other countries don't
have courts that allow these sorts of things.  That cuts both ways.

--
Joshua Boyd

On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, Chad A. Chance wrote:

> And those particular words are used ALOT in these here parts. I have heard
> of many a lawsuit against schools becuase of deaths of students by alchohol
> & drugs. The government here doesn't really classify you as an adult until
> you are 24 if you are a student, so the parents seem to think the school
> should be a babysitter. For most college freshman students, their first
> exposure to booze and drugs si during their freshman year, it's also the
> first time they haven't had mommy & daddy looking over their shoulder, so
> they get completly toasted and many times get alchohol poisoning &/or OD. SO
> then naturally the parents immediatly think SUE....
> 
> Man, sometimes I hate America/Americans...
> 
> Chad
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rescue-admin at sunhelp.org [mailto:rescue-admin at sunhelp.org]On
> Behalf Of Brian Dunbar
> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 9:18 AM
> To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> Subject: RE: [rescue] RE: Small schools...
> 
> 
> >>Again, I really don't see that it is the university's problem if a student
> gets killed because they're intoxicated.  Is it the university's problem
> if I overdose on sleeping tablets?  Or on smack?  Or if I have a traffic
> accident on-campus whilst under the influence of $other_recreational_drug?<<
> 
> My UK-Based Friend, you may not understand the dark fear that comes over
> people in the US (at least those with fiduciary responsibilities) when the
> words'lawsuit', 'lawyer' and 'class action' are bandied about.
> 
> brian
> 
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