Comments on: Legal challenge to Ellison on America’s Cup https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/02/legal-challenge-to-ellison-on-americas-cup/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:11:08 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymous Attorney https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/02/legal-challenge-to-ellison-on-americas-cup/comment-page-1/#comment-141664 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:11:08 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=27252#comment-141664 “Kithcart said he will do his best to prove ADM is a viable, real Cup effort that could bring something to yachting: the sort of wattage that Tiger Woods brought to golf and Serena and Venus Williams brought to tennis. “We could give people those goose bump moments,” he said. ”

… in other words, white sailors don’t give anyone goosebumps, but black sailors would? I mean, wouldn’t this count as its own form of racism? And isn’t the entire thing absurdly presumptious to begin with? And what is a prominent law firm doing litigating this case pro bono? Oh, but I waste my time…

]]> By: Patrick https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/02/legal-challenge-to-ellison-on-americas-cup/comment-page-1/#comment-141561 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:51:47 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=27252#comment-141561 I guess Raleigh is landlocked if you mean that no portion of it borders an ocean, but Raleigh is the capital of a state that was attacked by Blackbeard and Nazi U-boats.

It could be that Blackbeard and the Kriegsmarine failed so disastrously precisely because they were fighting on low ground.

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