>>>>>>>I think the lawsuit is without merit - like how you gonna sue someone for selling you a beer when you're the one who wanted to buy it?
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>>>>>>>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46329414/ns/business-retail/#.TzR1kxxA9fA
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>>>>>>>...and if I ever decide to open a liquor store I know where to do it now.
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>>>>>>- The Pine Ridge reserve has been dry since 1832. Alcohol legally banned
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>>>>>>- In 2010, beer companies supplied 5 million cans of beer to liquor stores in a town on the reserve's border that has only 12 residents
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>>>>>>Maybe the beer companies had "no idea" where those 5M cans were going, but if so it's only because they didn't want to know. Looks like a pretty solid civil tort to me.
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>>>>>>I hope you're kidding when you say you think that would be a good place to open a liquor store.
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>>>>>It will be interesting to see how quickly a community bordering a Tribal Reservation with a casino sues on behalf of compulsive gamblers ...
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>>>>>(are you listening, lawyers in Norwich, CT ? )
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>>>>>And of course from 1920 - 1933 the US would have had a very good legal claim against demon-rum producing Canada <g>
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>>>>The joy of torts - all you need is a vivid imagination, a lawyer willing to work on a contingency basis, and the ability to convince a judge.
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>>>>When you're talking about getting between people and things they want to buy, that encompasses everything from the war on drugs to the war on sugar: http://sfbay.ca/2012/02/02/sugar-as-a-controlled-substance/
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>>>>Where does one draw the line?
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>>>You can sue a ham sandwich in this country.
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>>>That doesn't mean you will prevail in court. It's a wonderful thing, the judicial system.
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>>Sometimes it does. The courts are infested with lawyers whose livelihood revolves around creating more business (and hence demand) for themselves. They can purchase politicians to ensure they have legal openings to keep themselves in business.
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>>Overthrow them all.
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>We are back to disagreeing ;-)
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>Anyone who doubts the wisdom of our judicial system -- one of the three pillars of our country, let's keep in mind -- should spend some time in other countries. Where dissenters are jailed or outright killed. Where protests are outlawed. That's not saying every country or claiming we are better than anyone else. But we have a better vision of democracy than any other country IMO. Yes, we have our issues, and let's not go to "love it or leave it." Over 200 years later this remains the greatest experiment in democracy the world has ever seen. Bring me your tired, your poor. Your oppressed. And on that we agree even more than we agree on Bobby Orr.

And then the liberals in this country want us to become worldly and bring this nation down to the lowest common denominator.