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October 14, 2005
Household insecurity
I don't keep up with these things as I should, but until today I never knew that a supposedly ordinary thermos could be dangerous: Last year Greenberg was pouring coffee from his Stanley thermos when the handle broke.Explosions followed by toxic black clouds causing injuries lasting almost a year? Better not break one of these things on an airplane. Or anywhere near an athletic arena. The company is recalling 45,000 of what I would never call destructive devices. Despite the title -- "3 On Your Side: Exploding Thermos" -- "destructive device" is an explosive legal term which imaginative lawyers could theoretically construe as trade libel. Besides, it is my policy to maintain skepticism -- while remaining open to speculation. (There's a fine line in there somewhere.) posted by Eric on 10.14.05 at 08:18 AM |
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I hope this doesn't spur some sort of national hypochondria about thermos bottles, of all things. I had a thermos as a kid, and my Dad had a thermos, and we never had any problems with it. Reminds me of the hysteria over peanuts because some miniscule percentage of the population were found to be allergic to them. Reminds me of the story Peikoff told of the man who went to Safeway, bought a quart of milk, went home, had a stroke!, and "ssssued Ssssafeway for sssselling milk that had FAT in it!"
People just need to be reasonably careful with the tools they're using, including with electrical equipment, guns, cars, scissors, or anything else. Just use your common sense. And stop clogging the courts with frivolous lawsuits. We need tort reform.