REH wrote: > I think the old Cherokee way is best. Anyone who causes a death for > any reason whatsoever, owes one. That blows a hole in cost affectivity > and in people who create designs that have an "acceptable" number of deaths.
The USA does have the death penalty, but it seems the designers of SUVs and certain tires (to name just two examples) are not "covered" by it. I.e. the DP's concept of directness of causality (or even casualty) would have to be re-defined in order to "blow a hole in ...". <cynic> But since SUV drivers are more likely to kill other drivers as well as to get killed themselves (by roll-overs etc.), now I understand why that Jeep model is called "Jeep Cherokee": "Anyone who causes a death for any reason whatsoever, owes one." ;-} </cynic> I bet the Apache didn't have that rule, because the pilots of "Apache" gunships can get away with killing many _without_ "owing" their own life. Or else that gunship name is a misnomer... Btw, it seems that the Cherokee didn't apply their old way to the invaders, not nearly on a 1:1 basis anyway... Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
