From: Ron (rojoha@attbi.com)
Date: Sat Jun 08 2002 - 08:48:51 PDT
Tony:
The hand writing was on the wall when 'THEY' took away your guns. Once
the guns are gone, the lawyers (barristers?) can slither out from under the
rocks and screw everyone.
Time to grab your cricket bats and kill every one of the bastards. Leave
the bodies in the streets as an object lesson for any entertaining the idea
of taking up law as a way to make money off their fellow citizens. Problem
solves itself. No lawyers, no lawsuits.
You need a better Coast Guard to keep them away.... the Great Whites
won't bother them due to professional courtesy.
Lawyer is an anagram for SCUMBAG... leave them alone long enough and
they become Public Officials.
Ronzo, short on Prozac cause I've been buying ammo and a set of Night
Vision Goggles for my Seeing Eye dog...Don't laugh, he can usually get me on
target within three shots, less if we use canister...
----- Original Message -----
From: "tonygull" <tonygull@ozemail.com.au>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2002 3:54 AM
Subject: [MV] Vehicle competion & judging, Liability insurance crisis
> Greetings..I found the debate on vehicle juding to be intersting, with
> all sides canvassed. I dont think i could ever enter my "restored" CCKW
> into a competition...60yrs of hard abuse are virtually impossible to
> disguise.
>
> I try to do the best job I can, but it would take 3 times the cost and
> money,
> to make the sheetmetal really good in appearance (having said that i would
> like NOS
> CCKW softcabin side panels) and will keep trying to make it better.
>
> The other thing his that here in Australia there is presently an absolute
> crisis
> in Public Liability Insurance, that is causing the cancellation of many
> public events, due to the collapse of the major public liabilty insurance
> company.
>
> Other insurers have withdrawn from the market.
> It may surprise the mostly USA listers that NSW AU ranks higher than
> ANYWHERE
> for litigious action..ie if some fool slips over when drunk in the
carpark,
> they sue the event organisers for $200,000...lawyers advertise for this
> work,
> poor people try to rort the system, the courts are stuffed etc.
>
> In the last few months examples of things that are happening.
>
> All the companies that do things like horse riding and kayaking cannot get
> insurance..they have to close...high risk medical such
> as neurosurgeons, obstetricians, midwives etc are about to strike cause
they
> cant get insured.
>
> Many, many public events have been cancelled cause PLI costs have
increased
> manifold.
>
> How does this relate to MVs and judging etc u may ask.
> I am wondering why anyone would be bothered to organise events
> (much more fraught than just judging)...this is threatening to maim
> organised public events in Australia...Is this a big problem in
> the USA??
>
> One of the main reasons cited is Insurance company solvency since
> events on Sept 11....surely then this must also be afflicting others.
>
> I for one woukd be worried about potential public liablity claims
> with all that dangerous old iron about, there just wont be as many
> vehicle shows as there are now.
>
> tony
>
>
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