• theodewere@kbin.social
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    5 months ago

    … by the doctrine of avoidable consequences

    that’s official government talk for “you’re a dumbass on purpose”

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      5 months ago

      And unclean hands, which is lawyer for “you did this to yourself”.

      And failure to mitigate, which is legalese for "and then you kept making it worse.

      And doctrine of laches, which is courtroom talk for “and then you proceeded to ignore the problem until is bit you in the ass, before you finally tried to sue.”