We’ve all heard the stories. People suing because they spilled hot coffee on themselves and so forth. This constant drumbeat of frivolity continues unabated, as Joe Six Pack seeks to make a fast buck any way he can, so long as it doesn’t involve hard work. As result America is plagued by a litigious curse. People view the courts as a means, not only to solve disputes, but to win fast money. Remember the woman who sued her neighbors because two girls delivered cookies to her door “scaring” her in the process? This is the type of nonsense that the litigious curse inspires. We could blame the lawyers but they aren’t to blame. The real blame lies with the lazy, sloth obsessed plaintiffs who are averse to earning an honest living. At least the lawyers are actually working.

Now the brilliant minds who brought us the assault on Big Tobacco have a new target: Coke. According to court documents, a lawsuit against Coca-Cola alleges that the soft drink maker intentionally uses caffeine to addict children to its sodas. The plaintiffs in this case aren’t ignorant smokers, who can’t read a warning on a cigarette carton; they are the parents of several school age children. These “parents” are setting a wonderful example for their overweight children. The message to their children and society at large is clear, why take responsibility for your own actions when there is someone with deep pockets who you can blame instead. In this case the parents blame Coke for the weight problems their children face.

Coca-Cola, would be well advised to counter sue these money grubbing parents for defamation of character, slander and libel. Coca-Cola isn’t the cause for obesity. Indeed, Coke has been around for over a century and its ingredients haven’t changed in generations, yet we are to believe that Coca-Cola founder Asa Candler purchased the Coke formula from Atlanta pharmacist John Pemberton and marketed it across the country in some diabolical 19th century scheme to create an inferior race of sloth obsessed obese children. Sadly, Coke may face a real hurdle in this case, if the plaintiffs can find the right jury, one filled with minimum wage deadbeats, welfare moms and other drags on society who constantly blame others for their predicaments.

Regardless of the outcome of this suit, however, the real criminals are the parents, those suing Coke and thousands of others who instill no values in their children. Who raise their children on junk food, while ignoring healthy foods and discouraging exercise either by word or by their equally slothful example. These are the true causes of obesity. But as our society has fallen victim to this deadly litigious curse, its unlikely the truth will be accepted.
http://www.ajc.com/business/content/business/coke/1105/29bizcokesuit.html
http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/business/13289176.htm