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Judas Maccabeus wrote: ↑Fri May 17, 2024 12:02 am Clearing error

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Anyone close enough to overtake me so I fall off the list? That might constitute negligence and the person causing you to fall might end up in prison on felony charges. So… who are we charging if I “fall” off of Mennonet? You'd probably have to come back on and testify before any charges could be f...

Soloist wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2024 1:01 pm Anyone close enough to overtake me so I fall off the list?

That might constitute negligence and the person causing you to fall might end up in prison on felony charges.

In my lexicon, anything that carries cargo above decks falls into the category of barge. Parsing of terminologies can run into interesting exchanges. Time to get a new lexicon. Also, btw it's not at all surprising that it's the "things that carry cargo above decks" that damage bridges, as...

Is it not true? Which part? I remember driving the old 7 mile bridge to Key West in 1970-71. It was very narrow and when a large truck was oncoming, it was also a white knuckler. We did not need carnival rides in that era. We had narrow bridges. The ship that hit the Key Bridge in Baltimore wasn't ...

The Baltimore bridge carried a great deal more traffic and was a part of a major harbor area. The Texas bridge not so. Yet it seems odd that both bridges were struck with barges. Yes, that would seem odd - if it was true. Is it not true? Which part? I remember driving the old 7 mile bridge to Key W...

MaxPC wrote: ↑Wed May 15, 2024 7:54 pm The Baltimore bridge carried a great deal more traffic and was a part of a major harbor area. The Texas bridge not so. Yet it seems odd that both bridges were struck with barges.

Yes, that would seem odd - if it was true.

Yes I am actually suggesting that. And it is also true in many cases because people have a distorted perception of risk. Take the example of unsecured firearms in the house. One risk is that you might get fined or punished for violating the law and leaving your loaded weapons lying about. This can ...

Again, take these two examples: Person 1 was extremely negligent in letting their child cross into a closed area and play in dangerous water and as a consequence the child dies Person 2 was negligently on their phone while driving and runs over a child in the street who dies Assume these two people...

It seems they are alleging negligence not malice in this case. Do you think ANY acts of negligence ever merit punishment? How is this materially different from say a case where someone is fiddling on their phone while driving and runs over a child? In our legal system, we usually punish negligence ...