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| Topic Started: Dec 11 2015, 02:49 PM (543 Views) | |
| Bitsy | Dec 11 2015, 02:49 PM Post #1 |
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More truth than satire but that is always the case with good satire.
http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/study-scalia-better-off-in-less-advanced-court |
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| Darcie | Dec 11 2015, 03:18 PM Post #2 |
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I really like that one. |
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| Bitsy | Dec 11 2015, 03:29 PM Post #3 |
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Me too, Darcie. |
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| Trotsky | Dec 12 2015, 05:47 AM Post #4 |
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Something more akin to JUDGE JUDY would suit his personality and expertise. |
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| campy | Dec 12 2015, 08:57 AM Post #5 |
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Judge Judy? Now there's a prime example of unfair justice I have ever seen. |
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| Trotsky | Dec 13 2015, 04:53 AM Post #6 |
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Her best line: "Beauty is fleeting, Dumb is forever." Do you know they pay her $45 million per year? |
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| campy | Dec 13 2015, 05:14 AM Post #7 |
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Did you know that the litigants get paid to have her try their case instead of going to a legal court? Otherwise there's no way anyone would put up with her nonsense. Win or lose you get something. Excerpt: Watch the credits at the end and it says something along the lines of "Each participant in each case has been paid an appearance fee, from which the total of the judgment is taken and given to the plaintiff as necessary." So if they're both being paid $5k, and the defendant owes the plaintiff $3k, then the plaintiff gets $8k and the defendant gets $2k. That being said, the participants still must pay court fees to file and stuff like that, but that's trivial when you compare it to what they're paid (I think it's a few thousand dollars, most likely the amount that the court maxes out at - if you can only sue for $5k, then that's probably the appearance fee, plus you get airfare, hotel, and food, although they try to only get people in who live locally.) I only know this because I've been on one of these types of shows before, and I've seen that disclaimer on the ends of all the ones I've ever stopped and watched. Edited by campy, Dec 13 2015, 05:16 AM.
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| Trotsky | Dec 17 2015, 04:00 AM Post #8 |
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I guess if any of them say "Madame, you are a f**king dimwit'" they don't get their paycheck. |
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| Bitsy | Dec 18 2015, 12:54 AM Post #9 |
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You agreed to file or defend a lawsuit on one of these type shows? Yike, whatever possessed you? |
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| campy | Dec 18 2015, 03:07 AM Post #10 |
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Sorry:-) . That's confusing. That was part of the excerpt. It wasn't my personal experience. It was someone elses comment. I should have linked it. |
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| Bitsy | Dec 18 2015, 03:50 AM Post #11 |
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Sorry, I probably should have read more closely, you did identify an excerpt. Thanks for clarifying. I had a hard time imagining you agreeing to that. |
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| campy | Dec 18 2015, 03:58 AM Post #12 |
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I would do it. Just for the experience. It would be fun. I could even see if she was wearing a real doily around her neck instead of a plastic one. |
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| Bitsy | Dec 18 2015, 04:19 AM Post #13 |
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I see nothing fun in being sued or suing or being ridiculed on TV...guess everyone is different....that is not my idea of fun. |
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| campy | Dec 18 2015, 04:30 AM Post #14 |
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Those cases are laughable. None of them are very serious. If my neighbour cut down a tree in my yard, I'm sure I could defend myself without having to get a lawyer. And I know I would get paid. So why not? |
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| Trotsky | Dec 18 2015, 04:33 AM Post #15 |
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I have always thought I would just tell her off but I guess that might forfeit any agreed upon "salary" and of course my segment would get cut.
Edited by Trotsky, Dec 18 2015, 04:33 AM.
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