Nebraska Senator Sues God

Windbit

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/09/nebraska-senato.html

It's amusing, and points out the fact that God would be convicted of crimes against humanity if He wasn't omni-everything, but what's the point? Isn't suing God in the US a sure way to commit political suicide?

Medopine

If I were a judge I'd sanction the lawyer that filed that for wasting the court's time.

Edit: But I would also have a hearty judge-chuckle. Ho ho ho.

Shinto

I enjoy this.

Dalboz

I thought he was actually trying to make a point about frivolous lawsuits, not about an actual attack on religion. In Nebraska, attacking religion like that would be political suicide.

Aldo

Maybe he's trying to apply reverse psychology? Like, people will think he really hates God, but then they won't believe that and instead vote for him because they suspect he secretly loves God.

Specularity

Yeah, it looks like the point wasn't actually against God, though I wish so bad that it had been.

Here in Nebraska, though, there is a shockingly nonexistent sense of humor about things pertaining to God.

Chambers has long been known to be the "nontraditional" senator; even if you click on his name in the article, his profile shows him wearing a blue t-shirt -- pretty much his uniform in all things official, even when walking around our capitol building.

I don't know the details that pertain to lawsuits, but I do think the populous in general has become frivolous with their use of the court system when there are legit cases that should be processed more quickly than they can be (ex: my roommate crashed her car with a BAC of 2.3 or something of the sort on August 1st, and she's had her preliminary hearing, but won't be sentenced [or whatever] until October 15th. Take that license away already!)

Medopine

2.3! Holy shit. I think you mean .23...which is still, holy shit.

Al_wat

Nebraska Senator Sues God....

....frey Jones.

Rhesus Positive

Am I the only one who thought of this movie?

With all the destruction that's been classed as an "act of God", I'd say that anti-terror legislation might be appropriate. He's like Bin Laden, sitting in a place nobody can find, occasionally sending out messages on cheese toasties or underpass walls to let people know that he isn't dead yet.

Specularity

Except without that last part! At least Bin Laden's around to point at, instead of anyone who essentially says, "A magic man done it?"

(Medopine, yeah, that rascally decimal point. And seriously! I don't care about you people suing over banal shit, there's actual people out there who need the courts)

Elendil

Didn't he do this in response to a woman suing to be allowed to use the word "rape" in her rape case?

Drez

I'm not sure our legal system is the best place for an elaborate show of satire.

Jacobkosh

I saw this guy on CNN last week and, astoundingly, his point is that the furor over frivolous suits is retarded, that seeking recompense in a court of law is a fundamental right, and we should leave the decision of whether a case has merit to the judge who has heard the arguments rather than the court of public opinion.

I applaud his ideals but man he chose the worst way to go about it. The talk on CNN went something like this:

Bobblehead: So you're upset about all these frivolous lawsuit -
Guy: No, that's it. I'm upset that people call them frivolous without all the facts.
Bobblehead: ?????
Guy: So I'm doing this to make a point.
Bobblehead: That frivolous suits are bad.
Guy: No, my point is that the system works and if my suit has no merit the judge will throw it out.
Bobblehead: So we need laws to defend against frivolous suits.
Guy: No, we don't need those laws. People should be able to sue whoever.
Bobblehead: So your point is that you don't like frivolous suits.
Guy: RAAAAAAAGH

---on and on and on for like five minutes.

Elki

Windbit wrote: »

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/09/nebraska-senato.html

It's amusing, and points out the fact that God would be convicted of crimes against humanity if He wasn't omni-everything, but what's the point? Isn't suing God in the US a sure way to commit political suicide?

Chambers filed the suit to make a point that the state constitution allows lawsuits to be filed for any reason, according to WOWT.

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