A family in Saudi Arabia is suing a genie for theft and harassment. The family accuses the genie of “leaving them threatening voicemails, stealing their cell phones, and hurling rocks at them when they leave the house.” (HT: FP Passport) [%comments]
Time for Tort Reform?
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It is nice to hear that others are recognizing that they have rights too.
Well now I have a very serious headache after reading dat bizness about dat dere ‘Genie’.
Please tell me who can I sue for this unfortunate Head-Condition?
And, Please Note Carefully, that I have no Intention of Paying for that Advice.
I hat these sorts of frivolous lawsuits. Accepting, for the sake of argument, that the family is actually haunted by a Genie of the Blue Jinn, and not an entirely harmless member of the the Green Jinn, all the family needs to do is take seven hairs out of the tail of a black cat with a white spot on its tail tip and burn the hairs in a small closed room with the family inside of it to release the family from the spell of the jinn. Why people want to run to the courts when self-help is so easily available is beyond me. Crazy.
Well then, thank God we don’t live in Saudi Araba. Our founding fathers wisely based our country’s laws on God, witches, ghosts, demons, magical incantantions and prayers….but not Genies.
and he didn’t grant any wishes
Obviously the family is not giving the genie what he wants! The problem will be trying to get the genie to appear in court. By summoning him to court, the family might make him disappear. I would undoubtedly try to find the lamp and give it another rub.
I heard the the genie is going to settle out of court by granting one wish.