LOL it's lawyers like that that make the world in which we live such a sorry place, my comment was a humerous remark inline with what I saw in the strip, yours seemed more like a legal diatribe based upon what I said, and a mistaken presumtion that I didn't get the strip, lighten up a bit ^_^
@legaleagle:We all know that Linus TRULY believes in the Great Pumpkin,so when the GP's "visits" don't pan out,does that truly mean that he knowingly made a false statement with intent to defraud or deceive? And what does it say about us that we're legally deconstructing such a classic(and funny!)storyline?
I've always loved Sally best. This is my all time favorite panel, and I look forward to THIS right here, every year when I watch the movie.Next is Linus giving the meaning of Christmas.
Not really, maldrac. Sally is actually claiming that Linus defrauded her. All she has to show is that he knowingly made a false statement (i.e., the existence of the Great Pumpkin) upon which she reasonably relied to her detriment (in other words, that but for his false statement, which she had no reasonable basis to doubt, she wouldn't have missed out on Halloween.) Those are the elements of a basic fraud claim, which is why she's screaming about his owing her restitution in the last panel.
Incidentally, this story arc is part of what forms the basis of "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown." Note that the dialogue between Sally and Linus in the pumpkin patch in that program is lifted word-for-word from this particular episode in the strip.
Typical in one breath admitting that the blame his hers and then in the next demading that someone else compensate her for the loss, such is the world in which we live!
If only I could get restitution for the wasted years sat in front of a computer screen I would be a rich man. Suitable candidates for restitution claims against would be IBM, Intel, and Microsoft (definately Microsoft)
