> 2. Improperly trained firearms users accidentally injure, maim, and kill
> people. This could not happen unless the guns were "bad". Therefore,
> the firearms manufacturers should be sued.
>
> Comments anyone?
That seems somewhat similar to the rationale Colt gave when pulling out of
parts of their business - they were getting sued a lot because a bullet from
their guns had killed someone. I personally find the 'sue the
gun/car/software maker because their product killed/maimed a person / broke
a PC/network' attitude that seems quite common (mainly in the good ol' USA)
recently rather stupid. Unless there was an actual defect in the product
causing the damage, the manufacturer isn't a fault ~ in the case of
software, it's rarely a bug but a designed-in feature with perfectly
legitimate uses that can cause damage.
In fact, someone recently tried to convince me that suing MS is good because
a feature in their software helped the love letter spread - for some reason,
they shut up when I asked why they didn't sue MS because features in MS-DOS
(FORMAT, RECOVER and DEL) can also cause loss of data when used incorrectly.
Regards,
Ben A L Jemmett
(http://web.ukonline.co.uk/ben.jemmett/, http://www.deltasoft.com/)
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