Self discipline/responsibility etc??

[Loosehead]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7243656.stm Are we now infested with numpties with absolutely no sense of self discipline or responsibility? Gambled 2m so it must be the bookies fault, right oh! You couldn't make it up!

[jake-the-peg]

Yes unbelievably he did!

I know the "common sense" lobby would love to trivialise this but frankly without knowing the details of the scheme, how it was administerred and a number of other things that we just don't have access to you can't make the knee jerk judgment the Loosehead would like us to.

The courts obviously think that there is a case to answer and call me old fashioned but I suspect they know a thing or two more about the law than we do

[mrs_overall]

I wonder which bookies he will head for with his �2million compensation????

[ludwig]

Vic & Jake, I take onboard your points, but seriously, we all know damn well it's his own 'kin fault and no-one elses don't we? Yes, of course we do. None of us could really be that deluded.

Whatever next though?, burglar breaks into house, trips on rug and sues owner for broken arm. Actually, I'm sure that's been done already - I think he won as well.

[Loosehead]

The scheme is well understood and no one is saying the WH has not transgressed by igoring it's own scheme. The overall point is jake/vic, do you think, hand on heart, that if the WH scheme had functioned properly the outcome would be different? In the same way an alcohlic will always get a drink, this guy will use another outlet for his gambling. On that basis how can it possibly be a case for litigation?