Originally posted by The Dark CloudThe emotional distress needs to be severe; most torts get dismissed because "their feelings were hurt." Hell, they don't even get past the pleadings.
Lawsuits in this country are out of hand, we definitly need litigation reform. You should be able to sue someone when they cause you physical or financial harm but come on "emotional distress"...😖...you shouldn't be able to sue someone just because your feelings were hurt.
Originally posted by dadudemon
Why would you tell me that when I've already pointed out that it is a deverbal adjective?And, what you say after that is unrelated to my point.
You seem to believe that an adjective derived from a verb functions as a noun. It does not. An adjective derived from a verb still functions as an adjective.
For the statement in question to compare disgust for one state of being to disgust for another state of being, disgust must be used as a noun instead of adjective.
That disgusting is derived from a verb changes nothing.
Originally posted by dadudemon
Yup. Sure would. As he clearly clarified. And his comment was in jest. 😐 Not everyone is nice enough to put a smilie after everyone of their jokes, like RJ.
He followed a description of the state of being of an entire class of people as "disgusting," with a pejorative term for that class of people. If it is intended as a joke, I am not laughing.