Good evening, Frank! Robert Goodman originally wrote: > > >> That's not so! It is widely recognized that Americans are among > > >> the most, if not the most, litigious in the world. > > To which, Tim replied: > > >You will agree that a large proportion of the US population do > > >not get involved in litigation of the nature mentioned by > > >the post by shadow I take it, litigation designed to hit > > >back at the courts. > > And, Robert Goodman replied: > > Sure, I'll agree, but of course MOST people EVERYWHERE don't get > involved > > with ANY litigation, and the "nature mentioned by the post by shadow" is > > such a narrow category it's hard to make meaningful comparisons.
And Frank Reichert replied: > Before going much further, I have to suggest very strongly that I agree > with > Tim here! Maybe that was what I was trying to suggest in the first place. > Most people won't get into a court battle over much of anything, unless > that > is, unless they are challenged, or otherwise forced into it not of their > own > choice. It's a push come to shove type of situation. Actually, unless someone is part of the controversy, they can't be part of the case. So, even though the Kelo case may affect me at some point in the future, the only way I can participate is by donating money to IJ or to some fund for Kelo's attorneys and expenses. > > Anyway, I strongly doubt that the victims of eminent domain fight back > any > > less hard in the USA than in other countries. > > Maybe not. > > However, the other side of the same coin might suggest that people WON'T > fight > back normally anyway, whatever country they reside in. Which is the case > I > made originally, or tried to anyway. Or people CAN'T fight back in many countries. > When 'government' dictates condemnation of property, as it usually takes > place > in the US, probably the majority of people will go along with such > dictates > without challenge. That has certainly been my experience anyway. If the offer from the government is close enough to being reasonable to make it not worth fighting, then that's the prudent course of action...unfortunately. Lowell C. Savage It's the freedom, stupid! Gun control: tyrants' tool, fools' folly. _______________________________________________ Libnw mailing list Libnw@immosys.com List info and subscriber options: http://immosys.com/mailman/listinfo/libnw Archives: http://immosys.com/mailman//pipermail/libnw
