Mr Schweizer, your American Passport and flight coupons are ready

3 governments deny owning bridge after injured diver sues:

Ryan Schweizer, a rugby player from British Columbia, seriously injured himself in 2000 while diving off one of the stone piers left in the St. John River in Fredericton after the old Carleton Street bridge was dismantled.

Schweizer, then 24, hit a submerged section of the pier and was left with paralyzed legs.

Four years ago, he launched a suit against the city, the province and the federal government, saying there should have been signs warning against diving from the pier.

I'm embarrassed. I'm astounded. I am surprised this isn't a home-grown Amer'cun. I'm then surprised it's not a Torontonian, about the most Amer'cun of any non-Amer'cuns. But no, this is apparently an adult human, fully responsible for his own actions, who jumped off an unknown structure into unknown water, after probably being told by parents and public service announcements for a decade not to do exactly that.

At what point did some hick-town government push him off said bridge? When were they forcing him to be stupid? When did they reassure him that the bridge he'd trespassed to jump from was totally safe? What kind of idiot assumes or asserts that the lack of 12 million neon warning signs means something is safe?

Darwin rewards the smart. Society rewards the stupid. I feel for this poor idiot, but I dearly hope this blatant cash-grab ends soonest.