In gnu.misc.discuss David Kastrup <[email protected]> wrote: > Alan Mackenzie <[email protected]> writes: > >> In gnu.misc.discuss Andrew Halliwell <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> It'd stop a lot of fishing for out of court settlements if the >>> accused was no longer terrified of being bankrupted for being found >>> not guilty. Where's the justice in that? The innocent should face >>> absolutely no consequences for being willing to defend themselves and >>> winning. >> And, let's be honest, the losing party shouldn't have to face >> bankruptcy either. > Depends. I don't like the "don't do any legal risk assessment, > government has to bail us out anyway" mentality. People should take > responsibility for their actions. I think you've misunderstood me. I meant that the whole legal palaver should be streamlined so that the costs a losing bona-fide litigant is faced with are moderate, not that somebody else should bail the loser out. (See: I've learnt how to spell "loser" ;-). -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany). _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
