And lo on Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:52:36 +0100, Jim Henderson  
<nos### [at] nospamcom> did spake, saying:

> On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:54:20 +0100, Phil Cook wrote:
>
>>> the manufacturer of the tool for not including a warning that says
>>> "WARNING: Screwdrivers have pointy bits; do not stick them in your eye,
>>> or you are likely to be injured!".
>>
>> I think they just cover that with "Do not use this item for any purpose
>> other than for which it is designed to be used" ;-)
>
> Oh, I don't know that that's sufficient.  At least here in the US, it
> still has to be somebody's *fault*.

Yep - your own :-P

<snip>
>>> - but things like insulin for diabetic students.  Apparently they're
>>> supposed to get insulin injections without using a syringe because the
>>> teachers can't tell the difference between a diabetic student taking
>>> necessary medication and a heroin junkie shooting up in the hallway.
>>
>> Easy, if the person shooting up rolls their eyes back into their head
>> and gains a big grin on their faces I don't think it's insulin.
>
> Yeah, but that requires thinking on the part of the school
> administration, and we can't have *that* going on in our schools....

Two independent thought alarms in one day! But yeah that would require  
making a judgment call for which you can be sued later.

> But there's also (in some schools) a double-standard.  Students have ZT
> applied to them, but let a staffer do something that is a *fireable*
> offense and those same non-thinking administration people are willing to
> overlook it.

But we both know that the normal rules are suspended in times of  
emergency, just look at all the laws both our governments have been  
ramming through the system. "We think you've got drugs on your person.  
Strip down while I put on this rubber glove"

-- 
Phil Cook

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