Re: Practice the Black Arts in class, get fired.

David Friedman <ddfr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:

> In article <682j2450mkm62eip100gk26604mnee9fvc@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>  mike weber <fair****tfan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 12 May 2008 22:44:06 -0400, Arthur T. <arthur@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> >In Message-ID:<vlrh24h1ejtk4sq1c3671u6evs9ub57ots@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>> >mike weber <fair****tfan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote: 
>> >
>> >>In the McDonald's coffee case, no matter what the final judgement
was,
>> >>one must bear in mind that the woman apparently received fairly
severe
>> >>burns/scalds *through* at least one layer of clothing.
>> >>
>> >>Imagine innocently taking a sip of *that*.
>> >
>> >     Enough info to make up your own minds from a site I trust:
>> >http://www.stellaawards.com/stella.html
>> 
>> A site which tries very hard to minimise the fact that McDonald's
>> coffee is served at scalding temps with no warning, by advancing the
>> "everyone does it" defense.
>
> How do you feel about the fact that many, many buildings permit 
> occupants to ac***ulate a lethal level of gravitational potential 
> energy, and contain balconies or stairwells that make it easy to convert

> it into kinetic energy? Most with no warnings.
>
> Making and serving coffee is a pretty routine activity, so arguing "I 
> didn't know that coffee might be at a temperature only a little below 
> boiling" is not that far off "I didn't know that jumping off the fourth 
> floor balcony might kill me."

Aside from the fact that "routine" making and serving of coffee
involves a liquid about 60 degrees (Fahrenheit) cooler than
McDonald's was serving it.  Normal coffee is safe to drink
immediately, and McDonald's coffee isn't (or at least wasn't).