the producers deliberately distressed the sister and should have foreseen some severe mental problems that came from that
That sounds like it's going to be a tough job.
Dawn: You're not fleeing. You're... moving at a brisk pace. Buffy: Quaintly referred to in some cultures as the Big Scaredy Run Away.
'Touched'
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Sep 21, 2005 11:01:45 am PDT #9645 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Scrappy - Sep 21, 2005 11:04:15 am PDT #9646 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Fargo has one of movies' great female characters. Smart, strong, warm, and capable. Jilli, you are going to HATE her clothes, but you'll love ol' Marge.
Kathy A - Sep 21, 2005 11:06:55 am PDT #9647 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
That car survey article mentioned the now-discontinued Pontiac Aztec. I was listening to the radio a few weeks ago, and they mentioned that Pontiac is now claiming that their new entry-level SUV is their first one ever, apparently wiping the Aztec from their history completely. According to the radio report, the company's website has also deleted it from their "history of car lines past" section.
Emily - Sep 21, 2005 11:07:04 am PDT #9648 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
So I feel like a doofus, but I have no idea why this is funny:
Announcement: Ladies and gentlemen: There is a Brooklyn-bound R train approaching 14th Street. --Times Square station
Aims - Sep 21, 2005 11:09:39 am PDT #9649 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Williams was supposed to be on the show, McGee was goaded into calling Williams ugly, and the suit contends that McGee committed suicide because Williams was dropped from the show?
I am trying to understand. I am slow today.
msbelle - Sep 21, 2005 11:09:56 am PDT #9650 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
14th street is 3 stops south of Times Square. The conductor was confused.
Tom Scola - Sep 21, 2005 11:10:44 am PDT #9651 of 10002
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
The 14th street station is three station stops away from Times Square, heading towards Brooklyn.
The announcements are supposed to be about trains that are about to arrive at Times Square, but that train had already left ten minutes ago.
Jessica - Sep 21, 2005 11:10:44 am PDT #9652 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Announcement: Ladies and gentlemen: There is a Brooklyn-bound R train approaching 14th Street. --Times Square station
Because Times Square is 42nd St. (It's not really that funny, just wrong.)
tommyrot - Sep 21, 2005 11:11:41 am PDT #9653 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
That car survey article mentioned the now-discontinued Pontiac Aztec. I was listening to the radio a few weeks ago, and they mentioned that Pontiac is now claiming that their new entry-level SUV is their first one ever, apparently wiping the Aztec from their history completely. According to the radio report, the company's website has also deleted it from their "history of car lines past" section.
Lincoln did something similar. They made the Continental Mark II in '56 and '57, the Marks III-V in '58-'60, and when they restarted the Mark series in '68, they started with the Mark III. They did a lot of promo stuff over the years since then featuring the various Marks, always leaving out the '58-'60 cars.
bon bon - Sep 21, 2005 11:17:04 am PDT #9654 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
That sounds like it's going to be a tough job.
They'll probably settle. But I was being a bit flip earlier. Whether or not the harm suffered was foreseeable is at the crux of a tort case. It would be argued by the producers that they had no way of knowing that she would commit suicide. The plaintiffs would argue that you take your victim as you find him or her; the exact mechanism by which your harmful act results in injury is irrelevant as long as you could have foreseen that you would cause harm.
ETA:
Williams was supposed to be on the show, McGee was goaded into calling Williams ugly, and the suit contends that McGee committed suicide because Williams was dropped from the show?
I haven't read the complaint but when I looked at the news articles it appeared to me like the reporter(s) muddied the waters by talking about how Williams was dropped. It probably was not claimed as a cause of the suicide.