Quote:
Originally Posted by fishbones
Johnny, your landlord didn't have an issue with you striking that section because those "waive the right to trial by jury" clauses don't hold up in court. It's just a scare tactic to try to keep people from suing. We have all employee's sign one when they are hired.
As to the flag flap, screw the landlord. The tenants should leave and move somewhere else. I'd be willing to bet that there are other, patriotic landlords in town who would be happy to have the tenants in their buildings. The woman with the no flag policy will end up with what she deserves. If someone is offended by the American flag, they should go somewhere else because this is AMERICA. If I travel abroad, I don't feel offended when I see the Italian flag or the German flag or even the French flag. If I'm in those countries, I expect to see the flags of that country. That landlord is a douche.
|
My understanding is that it holds up in many cases, or people don't want to pay a lawyer to fight the point so that they can then pay a lawyer to fight the actual issue.
I'm completely onboard with your second paragraph. The landlord is a piece of crap. This isn't the the United States of Happy Fluffy Feeling-tenders.
Maybe if we let people get offended once in a while without having to buffer their feelings, this country wouldn't have developed into the overly-litigious nation it is today.
Politically Correctness and it's cousin, Tolerance, are a plague to this society. Essentially being a white, natural-born American, male in this society means you must approach every situation with kid gloves and tread lightly as you are always walking on egg shells.
Hell, there are many people that would consider me a racist for saying that we need to close the borders and stop immigration until the system can be overhauled.