Official Gramps' Memorial Eternal OT Thread

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lawgator1 said:
So, by way of hypothetical, consider this.

You go to small claims court and the first thing the judge does is order you to meet with a court services mediator. The guy says he can pay you $3,000 today, if that will end it.

You need to ask, can you ultimately collect the $9,000 even if you win? Is there some chance you don't win, i.e. does he have a defense to the claim? How much aggravation is it to you to collect the other $9,000. How long would you have to wait? And if you hire an attorney to collect the full $9,000 even if you do win, how much will the attorney charge you to collect it?

Main point is, people do not want to be taken advantage of and they sue. They decide "its the principle." But about the third time they have to take a half a day to go down to the courthouse to deal with it, and they may or may not get anywhere, principle goes the way of the Dodo bird.
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I just read yesterday that Dire wolf company is going to bring the Dodo bird back.
 
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lawgator1 said:
So, by way of hypothetical, consider this.

You go to small claims court and the first thing the judge does is order you to meet with a court services mediator. The guy says he can pay you $3,000 today, if that will end it.

You need to ask, can you ultimately collect the $9,000 even if you win? Is there some chance you don't win, i.e. does he have a defense to the claim? How much aggravation is it to you to collect the other $9,000. How long would you have to wait? And if you hire an attorney to collect the full $9,000 even if you do win, how much will the attorney charge you to collect it?

Main point is, people do not want to be taken advantage of and they sue. They decide "its the principle." But about the third time they have to take a half a day to go down to the courthouse to deal with it, and they may or may not get anywhere, principle goes the way of the Dodo bird.
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Sounds like you're getting solid advice from McDad and lawgator.
 
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Bringing the Dodo back doesn't make much sense either other than a "see look what we can do" thing (which I'm fine with but no need to gaslight). Mauritius has a ton of invasive species now. They'd have to extirpate them all (not happening) or the dodo would just go extinct again. Rats would eat every egg before they hatched. I buy what they're selling about mammoths and thylacines being beneficial to the environment in their previous natural ranges if they were reintroduced. Poor dodo bird just doesn't stand a chance.
 
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MercyPercy said:
Bringing the Dodo back doesn't make much sense either other than a "see look what we can do" thing (which I'm fine with but no need to gaslight). Mauritius has a ton of invasive species now. They'd have to extirpate them all (not happening) or the dodo would just go extinct again. Rats would eat every egg before they hatched. I buy what they're selling about mammoths and thylacines being beneficial to the environment in their previous natural ranges if they were reintroduced. Poor dodo bird just doesn't stand a chance.
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thats my whole thought process. they went extinct for a reason. Humans were a part of it, but not the whole reason. and things have changed even more, probably for the worse, since they went extinct.

its cute for a zoo of some type. but there is no reason to reintroduce them to the wild.
 
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LouderVol said:
thats my whole thought process. they went extinct for a reason. Humans were a part of it, but not the whole reason. and things have changed even more, probably for the worse, since they went extinct.

its cute for a zoo of some type. but there is no reason to reintroduce them to the wild.
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I'm also not sure anyone has addressed the.. ahem.. elephant in the room with the mammoth reintroduction (which I don't have an issue with for a variety of reason) but imagine the illegal market for poached mammoth ivory.
 
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