Re: Telivised "electrocution" via Tesla coil

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Original poster: Yurtle Turtle <yurtle_t@xxxxxxxxx>

I missed the show, but isn't he a magician??? And
therefore, isn't everything he does a fake. Case
dismissed!

Adam

--- Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Original poster: Jim Lux <jimlux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> At 05:03 PM 9/15/2005, you wrote:
> >Original poster: Mddeming@xxxxxxx
> >Hi All,
> >
> >Since this was an admitted fake, depicting Tesla
> coils as dangerous
> >devices, and since the show did not tell people
> that this was
> >simulation and gave other deliberately false
> information (3 MV+)
> >which harmed the reputation of the hobby and its
> participants,
> >perhaps it is time to be proactive with a "TCML et.
> al. v.  A&E TV
> >et. al." class action lawsuit. At least they could
> be forced to make
> >a public admission that the information was false
> and the "accident" was faked.
> >
> >Anybody know a good hungry lawyer?
> >
> >Matt D.
>
> While it might make you feel better, I can tell you
> from hard
> personal experience that lawsuits in the
> entertainment industry are
> not only a standard negotiating tactic, but also
> make money only for
> attorneys and attorney support professionals (court
> reporters, etc.).
>
> And, besides, they'll say it was "based on a true
> phenomenon".
>
> Nice to think about, however.  As the Bard put it,
> "The first thing
> we'll do is...."; clearly, things weren't all that
> different 400
> years ago in "the industry".
>
>
>
>
>



	
		
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