Clock Boy

[Benton]

(11-24-2015, 12:35 PM)Au165 Wrote: I think the idea of punishing a whole community for the actions of a few is a horrible way to approach these things. If it was a school district/police department policy to be racist that is one thing, but we have gone overboard with the idea that every person is an extension of an entire corporation or community. The problem is individuals can be stupid and there can be no way to stop them until after it happens sometimes. I think corporations should be treated the same thing. If it was a systematic failure across the corporation make the cost substantial, but when it's a single or small group acting stupid it should be minimal.

I think he should be compensated, but I think the individuals should be fired as punishment and he should get a 10th of what he is asking for. We have gone crazy with these awards and it really needs to stop.

A district elects board members. City residents elect councils. Corporations have board members. All are extensions of the majority, or at least that's the idea. If a community doesn't like having stupid people in charge, it's the requirement of the community to put better leadership in place.  If they fail that — because they're too stupid not to put someone not stupid in charge — then they're getting punished for their own stupidity.

But I agree that some of the settlements and rulings are overboard.