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kevinloh
Apprentice
Brunei
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 Posted - Feb 14 2004 : 07:09:38 AM
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Aaron, I think it would be a good idea to open a new subcategory about Pyrotechnics. So people can ask questions and discuss on topics such as firecrackers, powders, casings, tubes etc. Well, its just my opinion.
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Aaron Cake
Administrator
Canada
6718 Posts |
Posted - Feb 16 2004 : 11:54:45 AM
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It's a great idea....until someone blows themselves up. 
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kevinloh
Apprentice
Brunei
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Chamkeeper
Mad Scientist
278 Posts |
Posted - Feb 18 2004 : 12:37:58 AM
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Exactly...
I used to post a lot more info on the 'net until someon I knew got sued because some lawyers kid burned the garage down. These days a lot more gov't agencies are looking for 'pyro' sites too.
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Aaron Cake
Administrator
Canada
6718 Posts |
Posted - Feb 18 2004 : 09:07:08 AM
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Disclaimers are pointless for a number of reasons:
It's not a legally binding contract without a signature and a witness.
Someone under 16 (age varies depending on your location) cannot enter a legally binding contract.
And I'm sure some other reasons a lawyer could point out. All the disclaimers are really for the comfort of the webmaster. Anyone injured (or, more likely, their parents) could still sue and probably would. Especially when you consider how lawyer-happy the US is...
Besides, there's TONNES of that info available everywhere else. 
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kevinloh
Apprentice
Brunei
121 Posts |
Posted - Feb 18 2004 : 6:39:59 PM
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Thanks for the info, as I didn't really knew that the disclaimer was pointless. You know that the word 'Without Prejudice' used in letters. Well according to my uncle (he's a lawyer) if you wrote a letter to someone and wrote without prejudice on the letter at the top, the person receiving it, or whomever cannot in any cicumstances used that letter as evidence to press charges against do you know that already Aaron?
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gokartmaniac
Apprentice
Germany
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Aaron Cake
Administrator
Canada
6718 Posts |
Posted - Feb 19 2004 : 09:23:56 AM
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Are you sure that's true? Not doubting you, but it seems rather odd that just adding two words to a letter, without the receiving party actually agreeing to it in contract form, would make such a large legal difference....Sort of like those "we are not responsible for lost or damaged items" signs in coat checks. Well, you are responsible, ragardless of what the sign says...
But I'm not a lawyer, I only play on on the forum.
Still, with all the crap these says (starting 3 years ago in Sept.) about weapons, violence, etc., I don't want to become involved in distributing such information.
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kevinloh
Apprentice
Brunei
121 Posts |
Posted - Feb 20 2004 : 03:16:54 AM
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Well its true according to my uncle but it's only on effect on letters. The Without Prejudice is a very 'powerful' word. That means if you wrote a letter and accidentally or purpoesely wrote something inappropriate the receiving person cannot press charges against you no matter what. ;)
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BEatonNo1
Nobel Prize Winner
USA
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Posted - Feb 20 2004 : 10:35:00 AM
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the one that really gets me is the signs theyre starting to put on dumptrucks and gravel trailers. "keep back 200 feet, we are not responsible for windshields"
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Why not open a new subcategory
