http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/24/AR2007092401966.html
A few days ago, a boy who was injured by a falling television in a Catholic school was awarded $19 million. While one feels almost inhuman saying that this makes absolutely no sense, I feel that this is the case. According to the Washington Whore Post, the boy was tugging on the television before it fell. Even though most people are not expected to display common sense at the tender age of nine, anyone should know that pulling on heavy objects that are above eye level is a bad idea.
Perhaps if the archdiocese had not admitted fault, common sense would have prevailed. After all, I’d rather that the Catholics spent their time protecting children from priests, not from lapses in their own judgement.