Twenty Lawyers Couldn’t Figure It Out

Vinny sent me a link to an article today that made me laugh so hard I almost peed my pants. Apparently a Chinese school teacher and a beautician have filed a lawsuit against CNN, Turner Broadcasting, and Jack Cafferty, because of the comments Jack Cafferty made earlier this month.

They are asking for $1.3 billion in compensation for violating the dignity and reputation of the Chinese people. A similar suit was filed by 14 lawyers in Beijing as well. The lawsuit filed by the two women was filed in New York. Six lawyers are handling the case for the women.

If you remember, Cafferty said,

The United States imported Chinese-made “junk with the lead paint on them and the poisoned pet food” and added: “They’re basically the same bunch of goons and thugs they’ve been for the last 50 years.”

I am not going to rehash the comments Jack Cafferty made, or my support of them. The point here is that Jack Cafferty stated his opinions on the air and they took offense to it. It’s not so hard to believe that people get so easily offended these days. Just look out your window. I bet three out every five people you see get offended at something someone does at least once per day.

I, personally, am offended at the lawyers who are involved in these cases. All twenty of them, but especially the six who are representing the women in the second case.

That’s right. I am highly offended. Why, you ask? It’s simple.

Six lawyers filed a lawsuit in New York over an incident where a news reporter vocalizes his opinion on the air. Don’t any of those six lawyers realize that Jack Cafferty had a constitutional right to say what he said? It’s called freedom of speech. He has a right to his opinion, and the right to state it, no matter how much the Chinese didn’t like it.

Six lawyers filed a lawsuit in New York over an incident where a cable news network chose to air the opinion of one of it’s star reporters. Don’t any of those six lawyers realize that CNN had a constitutional right to air what he said? It’s called freedom of the press. They had a right to air his comments, no matter how much the Chinese didn’t like them.

It’s a shame that six lawyers, who practice law in the United States, could overlook such important rights. Unless of course they have spending a lot of their time in China where those rights and just about every other right we enjoy here in the United States simply don’t exist. Maybe it just slipped their mind.

Maybe they should consider hiring new lawyers. No, that wouldn’t work. I’m not sure, but I don’t think you can sue someone simply for being stupid. Maybe they should just stick to representing people who are in desperate need of drug rehab. They might have better luck.

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