That's simply the difference between a criminal case, and a civil suit. The burden of proof in a criminal case is "beyond a reasonable doubt". In a civil case, it's much lower, only requiring a "preponderance of the evidence". I'm sure this is what you were referring to, but people are frequently unaware that there's a big difference.

You'd need to have a much larger court system to handle the load. There would likely be thousands of new cases in Missouri right now.

How difficult would it be for someone to force you to stick your finger on the sensor?

I actually have mixed feelings there. The cities make tons of extra tax money simply because of the teams existence. But yeah, I'm not in favor of them funding new stadiums and such.

You can be convicted, as Scott Peterson was, based only on circumstantial evidence.

This, along with the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, etc., etc., are nothing more than big business. When players are bought and sold, the "team" with the most money normally wins. I'm very much in favor of seeing elite competition, but all of the chest thumping by teams like this is meaningless.

I don't think the Onion originated that. Though they may have co opted and slightly modified this from back in the mid 80s. But then, there may be predecessors to that as well.

"Welcome to Lake Wobegon, where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average." - Garrison Keillor

Intelligence != Wisdom

DING, DING, DING! Congratulations, you've won the prize for dumbest post of the week! You win access to google, and the ability to research and post a retraction to your idiotic commentary. But, that will in no way diminish the glory of your achievement.

Get the fuck off my lawn. Enough people found it interesting enough to state their opinion. Who the fuck are you to tell them otherwise, jackass.

Different markets. RIM didn't go after the consumer market, and that was a mistake. Business people wanted email, consumers wanted Youtube & Facebook. RIM made other mistakes as well that caused it to fail, but that doesn't mean there's no market for a keyboard.

Honestly, your situation doesn't apply to mine. Don't pretend to know how everyone should/shouldn't be "doing it".

Bravo! You stated it much better than I have.

You do realize that they didn't fail because of the keyboard, right?

Because several hundred people found it interesting enough to read and respond to. Including you.