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in the head. He ended up surviving, lost a third of his brain. Has a big hole in his head. Was on TV a while back. It was a very bizarre and interesting story. It was a black kid if im not mistaken and he was shot with a magnum.
 
Is there supposed to be something else to this, or are we just remembering?

Because I don't know what you're talking about.
 
Im looking for the video they made about him trying to prove someone wrong in a argument.
 
I don't remember that but I went to school with a guy who had climbed up a transformer tower. Basically, his shoulder was fused with his head, and the upper part of his arm was fused to his torso. Cool guy, rather well-off after that, too...
 
TechnoHippyChic said:
I don't remember that but I went to school with a guy who had climbed up a transformer tower. Basically, his shoulder was fused with his head, and the upper part of his arm was fused to his torso. Cool guy, rather well-off after that, too...
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Nobody's ever well off after that. Only well done.
 
That kind of thing is inherent in most modern western legal systems. Like that bitch that sued McDonalds when she spilled the coffee on herself and got burned...

I hate the legal system.
 
with that much of his brain gone, wouldnt he become kinda...retarded? Heard this one story were this dude fell of his bikecyckle and damaged half his brain, now he speaks like a 5 year old, cant do critical thinking or rationalising, cant read or function/move well, forgot everything in his past, forgets normal everyday duties.

:/
 
1: Remember that kid at school who got shot in the face?
2: Yeah.
1: Well, he's having a party.
2: But if we go we can't start no beef.
1: I wouldn't start no beef anyway.
 
Ravioli said:
with that much of his brain gone, wouldnt he become kinda...retarded? Heard this one story were this dude fell of his bikecyckle and damaged half his brain, now he speaks like a 5 year old, cant do critical thinking or rationalising, cant read or function/move well, forgot everything in his past, forgets normal everyday duties.

:/
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As a matter of fact he was very smart and was one of the top students in collage. Crazy. I really need to find this video.
 
Half of these sounds like something from the Darwin Awards
 
I think it was because the site was insecure, the gate was unlocked or broken or something.
 
There was a British soldier who lost 40+ percent of his brain matter like that in the Falklands war.

He survived and actually seemed to be okay considering he lost a good chunk of the ol' noggin'.

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How the **** did he win? There is a reason they put huge fences around those and big signs that say "DO NOT TOUCH THIS SHIT, IDIOT!"
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Maybe it would have just been better if he had got fried to the great beyond, but his family woulda just sued in his stead.

I to hate this western culture of blame instead of personal responsibility.

Who needs to work and you know, better themselves as a human being when they can just trip on a cracked pavement when their strapped for cash?. (I dunno about America but we really did have this phase where these dirty ass companies would advertise non stop how if you had tripped on a pavement (recreation in the ad for added effect) they could get you compensation, it was blatant and they all but admitted in them to essentially be abusing the system fir dirty quick financial gain.

They need to build a fleet of Saturn rockets, fill them up with litigation Lawyers and launch them into the sun, good riddance. In fact squeeze in their clients as well.
 
yes god forbid a company have to pay a settlement to a kid who was severely injured on their property ..it's not like they have a responsibility to make their DEADLY equipment absolutely safe regardless of the circumstances ..because corporate rights supercedes individuals rights

oh and mcdonalds shouldnt have to pay settlements because customers get 3rd degree burns from their crappy coffee sitting in poorly made cups ..they should have zero responsibility when it comes to safety

you people actually think in america it's pretty much anyone who screams lawsuit gets a big payout just for the hell of it and without a fight no less?


asuka ...kids get shot every day of the week 52 weeks a year somewhere out there ..you want to narrow it down a bit?
 
CptStern said:
yes god forbid a company have to pay a settlement to a kid who was severely injured on their property ..it's not like they have a responsibility to make their DEADLY equipment absolutely safe regardless of the circumstances ..because corporate rights supercedes individuals rights

oh and mcdonalds shouldnt have to pay settlements because customers get 3rd degree burns from their crappy coffee sitting in poorly made cups ..they should have zero responsibility when it comes to safety

you people actually think in america it's pretty much anyone who screams lawsuit gets a big payout just for the hell of it and without a fight no less?


asuka ...kids get shot every day of the week 52 weeks a year somewhere out there ..you want to narrow it down a bit?
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Yes, because something that handles super high voltage can be safe, or should be interacted with at any time.
 
sea said:
While I agree that people are justified in suing a company like McDonald's for their injury (it's not like they spilled the coffee on their own), but when you have people suing the same company because their food made them fat, then you do have a problem.
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I think there's a fine line and a whole lot of grey area there, legally and morally ..the courts ruled in fatty's favour if I remember correctly ..however that's all we ever here: the verdict, for all we know they could have had a point ..but in the case of the coffee it was justified

sea said:
I don't know any person of decidedly "normal" cognitive ability that doesn't realise that transformer towers are dangerous to go near.
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that's not the point ..it's not whether "an intelligent person wouldnt do it" it's whether a "stupid person might do it" ..you base it on the lowest common denominator: the stupids ..seriously, ever seen those ridiculous warning labels on some products? like "do not stick lamp in bathtub"? they're there for a reason: not because they may prevent some idiot from turning his bathtub into an electric lightshow complete with charred corpse but rather in case they decide to play "lets see what happens when electricity meets water" just so they could say "hey we told you not to do it" ..unfortunately that's how litigation works

sea said:
While the owner of the tower was definitely in the wrong in the above case (it should accept the responsibility of its workers), that also doesn't mean the man injured wasn't at fault.
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legally it doesnt matter if it was the man's fault, legally the company should have planned for such an eventuality

sea said:
Why was he around the transformer tower anyway? These things aren't just sitting around in highly-populated areas. There's absolutely no reason for a member of the public to even go near them. Chances are he might have even known of the risks involved.
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what if he were mentally handicapped? a child? illiterate? an idiot? ....lowest common denominator



I completely agree with your point that dumbasses usually have it coming (that's why the darwin awards are so hilarious) however the law looks at it in a different light
 
He was pretty young when he did it, not sure exactly how old but probably 10-12.
 
So does anyone remember the story name or have a video. I know its online i use to have it myself. Got lost somewhere tho.
 
Yeah, it is.

I am amazed we still believe a life is worth all that...I'm going to hate our purely scientific future :|
 
No offence to him, but it gave me the creeps watching that...
 
Lots of people have survived gun shot wounds to the head.

I am amazed we still believe a life is worth all that...I'm going to hate our purely scientific future
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Humans have always been raised to value another's life- it's instinct, not religious morality. This "purely scientific future" you describe sounds a lot like a dystopia, but I doubt that will ever happen for long periods of time.
 
Pesmerga said:
Humans have always been raised to value another's life- it's instinct, not religious morality. This "purely scientific future" you describe sounds a lot like a dystopia, but I doubt that will ever happen for long periods of time.
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Thing is we don't really know. Even I, as "religious" as I may or may not be, feel the taint of assigning a value to life.
 
I didn't mean assign value to another's life... I meant to value, hold sacred, keep dear, another humans life.
 
Hm, I used to have all that info on the LOCATION: part of my post header...why's it gone...
 
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