# Quiz: who do you sue? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 16, 2005, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-who-do-you-sue/294879 "2005-03-16T21:34:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-who-do-you-sue/294879/1 "2005-03-16T21:34:17Z")
Rachel Corrie, a student at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, was protesting in front of a Palestinian home in a refugee camp in Rafah, near the Egyptian border, in March of 2003. She was an activist, trying to prevent the destruction of Palestinian homes in the area. Apparently, a bulldozer operated directly or indirectly by the Israeli Defense Forces, who were clearing Palestinian homes from the land, plowed over her. She was killed. Certainly this is a tragedy. So - who do you sue? A. The Palestinians, for negligently building homes in an area they knew, or should have known, was claimed by the Israelis B. The Israeli Defense Force, for plowing over a woman instead of real estate C. The estate of Yasser Arafat, for Arafat’s role in creating this dangerous tension D. The bulldozer manufacturer [Answer here.](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050315/ap_on_re_us/protester_killed_lawsuit) ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-who-do-you-sue/294879/2 "2005-03-16T21:37:01Z")
How about we just skip to the punch line where you try to convince us that it was all the fault of gay democrats? -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-who-do-you-sue/294879/3 "2005-03-16T21:39:00Z")
whoever has deepest pockets, of course ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-who-do-you-sue/294879/4 "2005-03-16T21:39:35Z")
Didn’t even need to look. This whole thing had a thread a while ago. Personally, I blame the parents who raised an idiot. Nothing against the deceased, but standing in front of a bulldozer - an armored one in this case - is hella dumb. And **merijeek** , why in the hell did you bring american party politics into this? Maybe you should find a hobby. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-who-do-you-sue/294879/5 "2005-03-16T21:39:34Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > How about we just skip to the punch line where you try to convince us that it was all the fault of gay democrats? > > -Joe Peddle your non-sequiters somewhere else, please. ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-who-do-you-sue/294879/6 "2005-03-16T21:43:47Z")
I’m going to answer before I follow the link. I believe the rules of this game are: Sue someone with some money. Sue someone you can realistically beat, or at least maneuver into a settlement. Enlist other potential targets as your allies in exchange for your going after someone else. The answer is therefore D) the bulldozer manufacturer. They have money, they can be beaten easier than a govt. entity, and your other parties will be quick to turn on them if it means they will not be targets. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-who-do-you-sue/294879/7 "2005-03-16T21:44:15Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Rachel Corrie, a student at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, was protesting in front of a Palestinian home in a refugee camp in Rafah, near the Egyptian border, in March of 2003. She was an activist, trying to prevent the destruction of Palestinian homes in the area. Apparently, a bulldozer operated directly or indirectly by the Israeli Defense Forces, who were clearing Palestinian homes from the land, plowed over her. She was killed. > > Certainly this is a tragedy. > > So - who do you sue? > > A. The Palestinians, for negligently building homes in an area they knew, or should have known, was claimed by the Israelis > > B. The Israeli Defense Force, for plowing over a woman instead of real estate > > C. The estate of Yasser Arafat, for Arafat’s role in creating this dangerous tension > > D. The bulldozer manufacturer > [Answer here.](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050315/ap_on_re_us/protester_killed_lawsuit) The one with the biggest tits? Oops, sorry, that’s the punch line to a joke. How about -the one you have the best chance of getting money from? How’d I do? This shit is absurd. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-who-do-you-sue/294879/8 "2005-03-16T21:45:04Z")
Nice omission: > [@](#): > > The Corries have filed separate claims in Israel against the state of Israel, the Israeli Defense Ministry and the Israeli Defense Forces. You’re a lawyer. You know very well that lawyers follow the money and it was most likely one of your colleagues who advised the Corries to file against Caterpillar. Physician heal thyself. Of course if the allegations in the suit are true that the company “violated international and state law” why shouldn’t they be fined at least? ---
**Author:** ![leander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bcef8e/32.png) [@leander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leander)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-who-do-you-sue/294879/9 "2005-03-16T21:46:06Z")
Sounds like an attempt to call attention to the whole matter, get some press, etc. And it’s “who **m** ”. (On preview, **Waverly** has some good points.) ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-who-do-you-sue/294879/10 "2005-03-16T21:51:42Z")
> [@Harborwolf](#): > > And **merijeek** , why in the hell did you bring american party politics into this? Maybe you should find a hobby. I think that is his/her hobby 😉 Are we going to see bulldozers redesigned with soft rubber blades, or just big red warnings written on the blade “Danger, this is a bulldozer” ---
**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-who-do-you-sue/294879/11 "2005-03-16T21:53:51Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Rachel Corrie, a student at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, was protesting in front of a Palestinian home in a refugee camp in Rafah, near the Egyptian border, in March of 2003. She was an activist, trying to prevent the destruction of Palestinian homes in the area. Apparently, a bulldozer operated directly or indirectly by the Israeli Defense Forces, who were clearing Palestinian homes from the land, plowed over her. She was killed. > > Certainly this is a tragedy. > > So - who do you sue? > > A. The Palestinians, for negligently building homes in an area they knew, or should have known, was claimed by the Israelis > > B. The Israeli Defense Force, for plowing over a woman instead of real estate > > C. The estate of Yasser Arafat, for Arafat’s role in creating this dangerous tension > > D. The bulldozer manufacturer > [Answer here.](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050315/ap_on_re_us/protester_killed_lawsuit) Well A is just bullshit. B seems like a good option at least to me. Operating a bulldozer and running over someone seems to me like a negligent action or a bizzare accident. I’ll take the safe bet and say that some sort of negligent action took place here. C isn’t a half bad choice but the lack of Israeli leadership on your list smacks of a not so hidden agenda. D is just stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-who-do-you-sue/294879/12 "2005-03-16T21:53:57Z")
They must have gone to the Steve Dallas school on who to sue. When Steve had his back broken by Sean Penn for taking his picture, he listed the possible defendants in a suit. 1. Opus? No… never sue poor people 2. Sean Penn? No… never sue celebrities 3. Minolta - for not putting a warning label on the camera? Yep. because their a rich corperation. I don’t know whether to laugh or cry. ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-who-do-you-sue/294879/13 "2005-03-16T21:57:20Z")
Sometimes the world is better than _The Onion_. Tonka Construction Toys Banned Because of Stupid Dead College Student ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-who-do-you-sue/294879/14 "2005-03-16T21:59:41Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Certainly this is a tragedy. Meh, Darwin’s law. You see a bulldozer coming at you and you don’t get out of the way? Pfft. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-who-do-you-sue/294879/15 "2005-03-16T21:59:47Z")
> [@Bippy the Beardless](#): > > Are we going to see bulldozers redesigned with soft rubber blades, or just big red warnings written on the blade “Danger, this is a bulldozer” That painted warning wouldn’t last through a day of normal operation. We ought to sue the paint company for having to redo it every night. ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-who-do-you-sue/294879/16 "2005-03-16T21:59:59Z")
> [@Fugazi](#): > > 1. Sean Penn? No… never sue celebrities. Ya think? You just failed your LCAT. ---
**Author:** ![c\_goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@c\_goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/c_goat)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-who-do-you-sue/294879/17 "2005-03-16T22:01:08Z")
> [@Bippy the Beardless](#): > > I think that is his/her hobby 😉 > Are we going to see bulldozers redesigned with soft rubber blades, or just big red warnings written on the blade “Danger, this is a bulldozer” If you can read this, GET THE FUCK OUT OF THE WAY! ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-who-do-you-sue/294879/18 "2005-03-16T22:04:54Z")
I say they ought to toss the lawyer in front of the same dozer, what an asshat. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-who-do-you-sue/294879/19 "2005-03-16T22:05:12Z")
Rename them “Idiot Dozers”. I’ve never seen one used on a bull. At least there would be truth in advertising… ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-who-do-you-sue/294879/20 "2005-03-16T22:07:04Z")
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