Remington is doing what all big corps who get sued do -- try to torment, intimidate and demoralize the plaintiffs. Requesting school records I'm sure is meant to send a message to the parents in the case, namely, go ahead and sue us, but we will have no limits, unless the court stops us. It's also to scare away future plaintiffs. They're bad corporate citizens, like most corporations. They're also remarkably like the GOP if I can go off on a tangent. No limits, no bottom, nothing too vile to explore if they think it'll work to their advantage.
The mother who picked us up had known him and Jackie because her husband had been JFKs French ambassador.
@jeanne-mayell I have to wonder if I had the dream about my grandparents because you were going to share this. My grandparents were devout Christians and teetotalers; they were gifted a case of French wine from the French Ambassador after my grandpa did some work with him. My grandma poured every bottle down the drain as my dad and his siblings watched in horror. I wonder if your French Ambassador is the same as THAT French Ambassador!
Remington is doing what all big corps who get sued do -- try to torment, intimidate and demoralize the plaintiffs. Requesting school records I'm sure is meant to send a message to the parents in the case, namely, go ahead and sue us, but we will have no limits, unless the court stops us. It's also to scare away future plaintiffs. They're bad corporate citizens, like most corporations. They're also remarkably like the GOP if I can go off on a tangent. No limits, no bottom, nothing too vile to explore if they think it'll work to their advantage.
Bingo. Remington also submitted tens of thousands of cartoon images in response to the plaintiff's discovery request to get internal documents. Out of 46,000 documents they submitted, less than 15% had any bearing on the Sandy Hook case and likely they excluded documents that showed their guilt. They are hiding internal documents and instead sending cartoons. It's a stall tactic.
Jeanne, I've been thinking about your climate migration predictions and am wondering if the migrations that you saw might also be because of politics.
We are basically coming to a point where there are two levels of civil rights in the US. If you want to vote, be safe from covid or guns, have health care, or have women with equal rights, you can no longer choose to live in a red state.
I think the migration may also be politically related because people will start fleeing red states because of draconian laws. We really are seeing a version of the American Taliban in many red states.
I've been planning to move from Texas to the Pacific Northwest for awhile now, but it suddenly became very urgent. Several friends of mine are also planning to move more quickly because of these legal changes. We just no longer feel safe in Texas. Once again, we have Texas, Texas, Texas.
Even though financially I'm not ready to move, it's starting to feel like I can no longer wait.
@mb Yes, that's a good point! I agree that what's happening in Texas will spark migration out of there. Some large businesses have already proclaimed that they will not open offices in Texas due to the restrictive new laws. I looked for the link on this but could not find one so if you have a story about this, let me know.
@jeanne-mayell Good thing I live in New York. At least the government is helping especially that the current Gov. Hochul is visiting the affected areas.
@jeanne-mayell I just searched and found this. https://fortune.com/2021/09/02/employers-texas-strict-abortion-law-voting-rights-covid-mandate/
For me, it's been a bunch of friends I've been talking to who didn't really love being in Texas but now feel compelled to get out, even if the cost of living elsewhere is higher.
@jeanne-mayell i keep wondering if the guys in your TX vision seemed like "incels", because they had chased all the womenfolk out of the state. What sane person, of any gender, would want to stay in Texas Howdy Arabia?
I guess the problem with people leaving Texas because of the new restrictions and laws, they are likely to be more liberal leaning in their ideas which when it comes to elections will leave a majority of more right wing etc voters gaining ground. I guess if big business starts leaving, that is dollars and may hold more sway with changing things than voters.
Good luck guys
There are plenty of us liberal voters stuck in Texas due to jobs or family obligations.
Really, I’d love to be able to contemplate just picking up and moving to the PNW but it isn’t in my future.