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Parent's crazy lawsuit doesn't make any sense, what the hell
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| VERTiG0 |
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local...illed%20Lawsuit
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Family of protester killed by bulldozer suing Caterpillar
By ELIZABETH M. GILLESPIE
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
SEATTLE -- The parents of a 23-year-old activist killed while trying to prevent the demolition of a Palestinian home have sued Caterpillar Inc., the company that made the bulldozer that ran over her.
The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court here, alleges that Caterpillar violated international and state law by providing specially designed bulldozers to Israeli Defense Forces, knowing the machines would be used to demolish homes and endanger people.
Rachel Corrie, a student at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Wash., was standing in front of a home in a refugee camp in Rafah, a Gaza Strip city near the Egyptian border, on March 16, 2003, when a bulldozer plowed over her.
"The brutal death of my daughter should never have happened," her mother, Cindy Corrie, said in a statement released by the Center for Constitutional Rights, one of the law firms handling the case. "We believe Caterpillar and the (Israeli Defense Forces) must be held accountable for their role in the attack."
Cindy and Craig Corrie, who live in Olympia, are pursuing separate claims in Israel against the state of Israel, the Israeli Defense Ministry and the Israeli Defense Forces.
Israeli military officials could not immediately be reached for comment.
Caterpillar spokeswoman Linda Fairbanks said the company had no comment on the lawsuit.
However, the company released a general, written statement Tuesday that said: "Caterpillar shares the world's concern over unrest in the Middle East and we certainly have compassion for all those affected by political strife.
"However, more than 2 million Caterpillar machines and engines are at work in virtually every region of the world each day. We have neither the legal right nor the means to police individual use of that equipment."
The statement made no mention of the lawsuit or Corrie's death.
An Israeli army investigation concluded that Corrie's death was accidental. Officials have said the driver of the machine could not see the woman - a claim activists have fiercely disputed.
In the past four years, Israel has used Caterpillar bulldozers to topple more than 4,000 Palestinian homes, killing and injuring people in the process, according to the New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights.
Human rights groups have condemned the demolition of Palestinian homes as a violation of international humanitarian law.
Last month Israel abandoned the decades-old policy of destroying the homes of Palestinian suicide bombers and gunmen, saying it was ineffective. Before then, Israeli officials said the military destroyed only homes of those with established links to terrorism. Israel has characterized the International Solidarity Movement, the group Rachel Corrie was working with when she was killed, as meddlers whose activism in some cases has amounted to abetting terrorism.
Last April, hundreds of protesters in Peoria, Ill., used a wooden replica of a bulldozer to re-enact Rachel Corrie's death during a demonstration outside Caterpillar's headquarters.
That demonstration came a week after the Stop CAT Coalition organized a similar protest outside Caterpillar's annual meeting in Chicago, where shareholders rejected a resolution calling for a review of whether providing bulldozers to Israel violates the company's code of conduct.
Gwynne Skinner, a partner with the Public Interest Law Group and an adjunct professor in the Ronald J. Peterson Law Clinic at Seattle University's law school, is one of the lawyers on the Corries' legal team. She said they hope Caterpillar will admit it is partially responsible for their daughter's death and stop providing Israel with bulldozers.
"Caterpillar knew that its equipment was being used to commit human rights violations, knew that Rachel Corrie and other civilians were foreseeable victims of these human rights violations, and even with that knowledge ... they continued to supply that equipment," Skinner said.
The Corries are seeking unspecified damages.
In a telephone interview Tuesday night, Cindy Corrie said Caterpillar speaks "to being a good global citizen on their Web site and that there are things that need to be looked at other than profits, and we'd like to see them live up to that."
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WOW. Just wow. My thoughts... Okay, I feel very bad for them, it completely sucks to lose your daughter in such a horrible way - HOWEVER - she knew the risks, she KNEW what she was doing and she intentionally got in front of a bulldozer in the ing GAZA STRIP. And, as far as who is responsible for her death - there are maybe TWO parties: 1 ) The guy driving the bulldozer and 2) HERSELF.
How the you could think to blame Caterpillar Inc. is absolutely hilarious to me.
OH GOD MISTER CATERPILLAR MAN YOUR BULLDOZER RAN OVER MY DAUGHTER, THIS IS YOUR FAULT! CLEARLY IT IS NOT HERS, FOR GETTING IN THE WAY OF A 48,000 KILOGRAM (~107,000lbs) PIECE OF MOVING STEEL MACHINERY THAT MOVES AT 10KPH, OH GOLLY NO, THIS IS CLEARLY YOUR FAULT, CATERPILLAR INCORPORATED!
This is an artist's rendering of me after reading the article.
If you don't get out of the way of this thing:
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| Cal |
| quote: | Originally posted by VERTiG0
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Oh man that thing is soooo badass. Those people there look like they're dolls.
This one is sweet too
Just think of the crazy Mad Max action you could get in one of those babies. |
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| VERTiG0 |
| Hahahah YES! Killdozer 3000! |
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| Jayx1 |
| notice how they filed the lawsuit in the US and not israel? I think that says it all. |
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| Jem_hadar |
this is bull indeed. wtf:wtf:
jesus... its just riddiculous, isnt' it!! |
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| VERTiG0 |
Stolen from another thread:
"Hello, is this Caterpillar inc?"
"Yes, how may I help you?"
"Hi I am Abraham with the IDF - we would like to purchase 22 Killdozer 22Xs please."
"Ah - the Killdozer 22X - our finest model. But if you're planning on killing like, a LOT of people, may I suggest the new 32X killdozer? It comes complete with missile launchers and rustproofing."
"No, no, the 22X model will be fine."
"By the way, are you planning to kill people in the Gaza Strip?"
"Yes."
"OK - will that be cash, debit, or credit?" |
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| Fir3start3r |
| Yet more people in this world not willing to take responsibility...:rolleyes: :mad: |
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| VERTiG0 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Fir3start3r
Yet another people in this world not willing to take responsibility...:rolleyes: :mad: |
Are you saying that Caterpillar is responsible for her death? |
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| Fir3start3r |
| quote: | Originally posted by VERTiG0
Are you saying that Caterpillar is responsible for her death? |
absolutely not! |
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| Transmotion |
| quote: | Originally posted by Fir3start3r
Yet more people in this world not willing to take responsibility...:rolleyes: :mad: |
95% textile for Middle East coming from Gaza strip and territories .
average pay rate in Gaza around 10 dollars a month. |
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| Fir3start3r |
| quote: | Originally posted by Transmotion
95% textile for Middle East coming from Gaza strip and territories .
average pay rate in Gaza around 10 dollars a month. |
and?
I'm failing to understand the point...:conf:
My point is, you don't send the manufacurer of a car to jail when a drunk driver kills themselves right?
It's like cutting yourself with a knife and then blaming the knife...
She willingly endangered herself; a move I'd label as, "Dumbass".
The whole thing is ludicrious; a total waste of time and money.
Money being spent in AMERICA btw...
oh and the charges are, "alleged"... |
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| SkyHigh |
| This is same as suing the tobacco companies for giving you cancer.. |
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