Whatever happened to common sense ...

[kwistenbiebel]

Anyway,
'Fear' maybe was too big of a word to describe what I meant.
You can't ignore though that less is allowed. More rules, more control.
What was once regulated by common sense and old traditions ( old Catholic principles are wearing of in this part of Europe) now seems to be overtaken by law making.
Politics to control peoples conscience.
That's slowly heading back to the eigtheen hundreds in my opinion....

[Mike Lucey]

Yes, I agree with Alan about some of the very low life Solicitors /
Lawyers that are willing to stoop to any depths in order to make a
living. The TV and Yellow Pages advertising bunch are also here in
this country and the UK.

One of the reasons for their success is because they are allowed to
work on a 'One Foal No Fee' basis. I can understand that an injured
party may not always have the funds to take a case and the No Foal
No Fee system is acceptable here.

But the onus should be on the solicitor / lawyer to use good judgement
before taking on such a case. This has not been the situation over
the past number of years in this country. Until recently the defending
party had to pay their own costs after successfully defending a case
brought against them as its not possible to get money out of a plaintiff
with no assets!

Last year there were moves to change the law here in Ireland and make
the plaintiffs solicitor liable for the defendants costs should the
case be proven to be fraudulent. I think something along these lines has
been brought in but not sure exactly what. However we are seeing far
fewer fraudulent claims these days !

[Mike Lucey]

I've gone off topic sort of in my last post.

I can remember back when I was a little lad going to school.
If we stepped out of line we got 'six of the best' across the
bum with a leather or cain. I really believe it did no long
lasting harm and put us on the straight and narrow. It was
over and done with in a few minutes and life moved on. The
lesson was remember as it was associated with some PAIN!

These days corporal punishment is a big No No. I think this
is mistake. I can understand this attitude in Europe as we
have abolished capital punishment years ago but in much of
the USA it still stands. I believe Texas still has the death
sentence for certain crimes but teachers are not allowed to
chastise students with the cain. This simply does not make
sense to me.

I would go as far to say its natural for a parent (teachers
undertake the parents role in school) to physically chastise
its offspring. Just look at a bitch feeding her litter. If one
of the pups is misbehaving he gets a sharp rebuff that puts
some manners into him. It works and is natural! Why should
humans be any different?