Cars do not have an inherent safety defect. You can use a car safely. I have drive a car every day of my life and never been hurt. So has my wife. So have many people I’ve known.

Wow! This guy’s threatening to surpass Snyder. There was a big story in the Washington Post a few years back about how the Redskins were suing season ticket holders who couldn’t pay, including some poor old grandma. But at least the people they were suing breached the contract. It takes a while nother level of…

So, what is your point in including information about how GM has been held liable for safety defects or giving misleading information? I mean, yeah, if a product has a safety defect, the company can be held liable.

If GMs cars were killing people because of safety defects, or they were misleading the public about how safe their cars are, they would absolutely be held liable. But there are ways to operate a car that reduce significantly your chances of hurting yourself or anyone else. Probably the overwhelming majority of auto…

It depends. What poor choices are you referring to? Why should tobacco companies be shielded from liability for the choices they make knowing full well the nature of their products?

Nah, it shouldn’t be illegal. But tobacco companies know just as well as consumers how harmful their product is. Yet, everyone seems in favor of users bearing all the “personal responsibility” of this harm. No one ever talks about imposing any responsibility on the companies that sell a harmful product. I do not have…

Seriously? Why isn’t the onus on them not to keep manufacturing and selling a harmful product? Or, more precisely, if they are making money from a harmful product, why should they also not pay for the harm caused by the product? Why does that burden fall on users alone?

Got it. So because we KNOW they are heartless and manipulative they should not be held liable for those actions.

He’s dead. That’s not enough personal responsibility for you?

So you’re saying he started using an extremely addictive substance before it got warning labels, and in your world this somehow undermines his claim.

Even if something has a warning, a company that makes a harmful product can still potentially be liable for the harmful effects of the product.

If Anheuser was alleged to have misled the public about the safety of consuming alcohol and driving, maybe!

1) His family didn’t make a choice.

This made me laugh for some reason.

Man, I thought the original post was good Kinja, but this is FANTASTIC Kinja.

I’m sure Bryce Harper understands the concept. I’m also sure you’re missing his point.

As a Nats fan, I was shocked by this. During Tuesday’s game, when the crowd was going nuts at every opportunity, I was genuinely thinking how great it was to see Mets fans really behind their team again - even at the expense of the Nats, those sorts of crazy atmospheres make the game more fun.

Marry me.

It is not a “fad” for relievers to pitch from the stretch with no one on base. I think (with no data other than watching a major league game pretty much every day) that’s actually more common than a reliever pitching from the windup. Relief pitchers routinely have to pitch with guys on - for most that’s their whole…

The bases were loaded. I don’t think it’s that unusual for pitchers to go from the windup when bases are loaded, because in order for anyone to steal, the guy on third has to steal home, which is where the pitcher’s going anyway.