[BC] KDND Verdict

[Jerry Mathis]

While I tend to hop onto the Personal Responsiblilty bandwagon, I would also
point out that not everybody might know that drinking too much water at one
time could be hazardous to your life. While the law generally says that
"ignorance of the law is no excuse", is ignorance of medical/physiological
facts?

I think the jocks (and the station) in this case ARE liable, on two counts:
First, they should have RESEARCHED in advance the effects of drinking too
much water; and second, they WERE warned. Someone said that the warning came
from someone who was not PROVEN to be a nurse, but consider: The person
calling had NOTHING to gain by warning them. They should have listened.

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Jerry Mathis

On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 10:03 PM, Jeff Carter
<broadcast at hidden-valley.com>wrote:

> I'm missing something here.
>
> Were the contestants somehow restrained?  While the idea is stupid,
> just like everything else on the radio for the last twenty years, I'm
> not seeing how the station kept her from walking away and as a result
> how they're culpable.
>
> On the surface, this looks like another blow to the concept of
> personal responsibility.
>
> Jeff/KD4RBG
>