Sue Happy Nation AKA Change The Channel & Dont Be A Pussy!

[SkyNet]

saw this today at Yahoo News

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Watching contestants eat dead rats on NBC's gross-out stunt show "Fear Factor" so disgusted a Cleveland man that he has sued NBC for $2.5 million, saying he could not stomach what he saw.



In a handwritten four-page lawsuit filed in federal court in Cleveland on Tuesday, paralegal Austin Aitken said, "To have the individuals on the show eat (yes) and drink dead rats was crazy and from a viewer's point of view made me throw-up as well an another in the house at the same time."


His suit added, "NBC is sending the wrong message to its TV watchers that cash can make or have people do just about anything beyond reasoning (sic) and in most cases against their will."


He said the show caused his blood pressure to rise so high that he became dizzy and light-headed, and when he ran away to his room, he bumped his head into the doorway.


In a brief telephone interview with Reuters, Aitken said, "I am not at liberty to discuss the complaint unless it is a paid-interview situation."


A spokesman for "Fear Factor" said the show would have no comment until it sees a copy of the complaint. The spokesman said the program did feature a rat-eating scene in New York's Times Square on Nov. 8.


Over the years, contestants on the program have eaten some weird things, including ground-up spiders and live worms.




this shit is annoying... for 1) Dude could have changed the channel.. he was fucking watching FEAR FACTOR.. not Oprah!

2) Dude said he bumped his head after running to his room!

HAHAHAHAHAHA... im not sure having that in print is worth the 2.5 million! What a pussy!

i mean... this is fastly becoming a nation where you cant do ANYTHING any more... becxause there is always some prick ready to ruin it.

How is NBC sending the wrong message here?? The show features CONTESTANTS that fucking AUDITIONED FOR THE FUCKING SHOW! Its Fear Factor.. ppl know what the fuck they make you do! Just because this dude is a stupid cunt doesnt mean everyone else is!

[jackson13]

I read about this, and shook my head at it. But then I thought to myself "people can pretty much sue for anything anymore, time for me to start looking for something to sue for myself".

So, expect to see me in the headlines in the near future. Since so many people can sue over anything, and win, it's my turn.

Now I just gotta find something ridiculous to sue over.

[A.J. Hakari]

I felt sick to my stomach when I watched SLEEPOVER, but you don't see me suing MGM, now do you?

[bob]

I really wanna kick that guy in the nuts.

[LoomisFan]

Originally posted by bob
I really wanna kick that guy in the nuts.
*Guy sees bob's post and runs away from his computer, bumping his head on the doorway*

[syxxpac]

Originally posted by bob
I really wanna kick that guy in the nuts.

Hard.

And then once more to ensure no future procreation. That may seem cruel, but hey - I'm just thinking of the children.

[Tweek]

Yeah, it boggles my mind that Fear Factor is on tv, especially at eight o clock, but im not going to sue.

LOL.
I'd rather not see that shit in the commercials but i just close my peepers or change quickly.

[BorderEevilIII]

I hope this gets THROWN out..... :rolleyes:
Come on! It's like that guy who wanted to sue CBS for that Janet Jackson incident........ Don't waste the courts time on bull shit like that! :mad:

[B1rd_Po0p]

C'mon, EVERYBODY knows that the second stunt is the gross-out stunt! Change the friggin' channel!!

I about died laughing when I read this though: especially the part about him running into a doorway! This won't ever even make it to court.

[A.J. Hakari]

Originally posted by SkyNet
In a brief telephone interview with Reuters, Aitken said, "I am not at liberty to discuss the complaint unless it is a paid-interview situation."

Just noticed this little bit of the article. Nice to see he's willing to discuss the precise psychological ramifications of his experience...for a price.

:rolleyes:

And BTW, bob, let's form a nutsack-kicking commando team. You take this asshole, I'll take Uwe Boll. Let's do this.

[Tweek]

And BTW, bob, let's form a nutsack-kicking commando team. You take this asshole, I'll take Uwe Boll. Let's do this.



I'll take Carrot Top!
He's up to something I know it

[A.J. Hakari]

Originally posted by Tweek
I'll take Carrot Top!
He's up to something I know it

Be sure to add an "And this is for CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD!" while you're at it. :D

[Tweek]

Originally posted by Adam J. Hakari
Be sure to add an "And this is for CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD!" while you're at it. :D
LOL!
oh god...

now im remembering that movie...


NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[A.J. Hakari]

Originally posted by Tweek
LOL!
oh god...

now im remembering that movie...


NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, shit, what have I done?!?! :eek:

If it helps, I'm remembering that movie too. *shivers* I feel your pain. :(

[Patrick Bateman]

I cant explain why I still get astonished at the continued PUSSIFICATION of this nation.

[Damone]

This almost reminds me of the person who tried to sue Orkin when she threw her motorcycle helmet at her tv screen.

I don't know if anyone remembers those commercials but it started off like it was a commercial for laundry detergent and then a roach would come out of the corner and walk across the screen. Evidently she thought it was a real roach and tried to kill it. :rolleyes:

[dellamorte dellamore]

I have a better idea , sue the so desperate for attention bozos that compete on that show for making such a mockery of themselves and eating what amounts to shiite ( i know , everything they eat is a delicacy somewhere , yeah in third world countries with no other food to eat ) . And while they're at it , sue the annoying little wiseass twit Joe Rogan , for being such an annoying little wiseass twit :) .

[jeo4]

I never liked this show. But in NBC's defense, didn't that asshole see the 500 or so promos where it actually shows them preparing to eat nasty garbage?? This case is as frivolous as they come.

[B1rd_Po0p]

Originally posted by Damone
This almost reminds me of the person who tried to sue Orkin when she threw her motorcycle helmet at her tv screen.

I don't know if anyone remembers those commercials but it started off like it was a commercial for laundry detergent and then a roach would come out of the corner and walk across the screen. Evidently she thought it was a real roach and tried to kill it. :rolleyes:

Well I think that one has a little more merit than the rat stew lawsuit - those roaches freaked me out the first time I saw it, too... I should sue over that commercial for the toenail fungus medication... Remember that one? Where the little yellow thing yanks up the toenail and crawls underneath it? That gave me nightmares... and post-traumatic stress... I think I'll call Johnny Cochrane....

[bob]

Originally posted by Adam J. Hakari


And BTW, bob, let's form a nutsack-kicking commando team. You take this asshole, I'll take Uwe Boll. Let's do this.

When I first read this, I thought you meant I should kick him in the asshole.

Which is a good idea. We'll kick this fuck, Carrot Top, and Uwe Boll in the nutsack AND asshole.

[Badbird]

Originally posted by Patrick Bateman
I cant explain why I still get astonished at the continued PUSSIFICATION of this nation.

God damn, my thoughts exactly. When did we become a bunch of pussies? Just this past week, kids got out of school, not because of the ice storm we had - but because it was too cold outside for kids to wait at the bus stop.

WTF? We fucking live in a cold weather town! What do people think kids in Canada do? Skip school for the winter?

It's the same reason all car comercials have their "Do not attempt, Proffesional Driver" disclaimers on screen even if the car is just driving down a straight road: Because some asshole will sue them.

I work at a theater with a box office on the outside and all the time I hear people whining "Can we buy our tickets inside?" No you fucking moron, otherwise the box office would have been built that way! If it worked this way for sixty years (age of my theater) it can work for ten seconds. Whether it's "too hot," or "too cold," or "too windy," or whatever. Bitch, bitch, butch. If they'd just buy their tickets instead of complaining to me, they'd be inside already.

Be a man, people. Deal with it. Not everything in the whole fucking world is gonna be just the way you like it.

[A.J. Hakari]

Originally posted by Badbird
Just this past week, kids got out of school, not because of the ice storm we had - but because it was too cold outside for kids to wait at the bus stop.

Not here in WI...When I was a kid, the school could be encased in a giant ice cube, but we'd end up having to chisel our way to first hour. One year, we only got a snow day off because someone unplugged the buses at school. :D

[Speermint]

I just find it hilarious that he writes about the evils of money - how anyone will do anything for money (which is bad in his opinion) yet won't do any interviews unless there is payment.

That bump to the head must've done a bit of damage to his brain.

[Genghis Khan]

Goddammit! I hate people who do stupid shit like this! In my area, some Wal-Mart workers were fired an are getting sued because some stupid hippies got pissed that they killed a cat that was hanging around the Wal-Mart. IT'S A FUCKING CAT!! It could of been rabid! Come on! I hate crap like this more than just about anything else in the world! The world is lucky I don't own a gun.

Rock On!!
:cool:

[isileth]

In Italy we have something called "lite temeraria" i.e. a hasty litigation.
It means that if you sue for something stupid or that you know that it's wrong, you can be sentenced to pay your counterpart's fees.

[A.J. Hakari]

Originally posted by isileth
In Italy we have something called "lite temeraria" i.e. a hasty litigation.
It means that if you sue for something stupid or that you know that it's wrong, you can be sentenced to pay your counterpart's fees.

I heart Italy.

:D