There MUST be someone to hold accountable - rehashing the 9-11 Victim Fund

[tniassaint]

Kenneth Feingold was on the radio this morning and was discussing his role in several mass settlement deals where victims of various events attempted to receive compensation through large funds set aside for that purpose. Honestly, Feingold is one of those people who are so easy to dislike; but he executed his responsibilities with a certain level

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[underlankers]

So wait, your objection is to treating the survivors of 9/11 as human beings who receive compensation for having lost family members or for the health issues that come with massive smoke inhalation, claiming they should have sued Al-Qaeda instead? I'm not quite sure I understand the logic in this.

[tniassaint]

What is the logic of holding the victims responsible. In the case of those that became ill as a result of their work in rescue operations and cleanup etc. should be compensated through their work or through funds as required

I think you have missed the point of the question. I am not questioning that the responders and those who were employed or volunteered as responders should be properly compensated. I am suggesting that the with regards to the victims that the legal and moral fault is being placed on the wrong shoulders - and that it has been done because the real perpetrators are unapproachable and we, as a society, are litigious and feel that someone HAS to be held accountable - and why not the ones with the deepest pockets. I am asking why the airlines, the building management, etc. are the responsible parties and why they are the ones that required legal protection by way of this fund established by Congress.

[underlankers]

It should be, but it is not. In fact the Republican Party in more occasions than not refuses to vote funds for it, indicating they like to use 9/11 as nothing more than a political football, just as the Dems tended to use the Afghanistan War.

Ah. If that's what you were saying then yes, I agree with what you said. I think where the fault would have laid were this to actually be legally charted would be with both the Clinton and Bush leaders of the CIA and other intelligence agencies who after the first terrorist attack on the Twin Towers did not realize when a second one aimed at them and the Pentagon and at least one other place was in the offing in sufficient time to nip it in the bud.

[lilenth]

How do you nip a plane flying into a building in the bud?

[dwer]

well, there is the infamous memo that Bush refused to read...

[mahnmut]

He was too busy reading books to kids.

[tniassaint]

Ha - I was thinking, "If we put it in a coloring book cover he might have read it. That's a pretty high bar, after all... lots of big words."

[mahnmut]

Most important thing:

Put a lot of pics!

[underlankers]

Arrest the hijackers when their names are known and they're already attracting suspicion beforehand. Both Clinton *and* Bush could have done this, neither did.