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🗓️ 20 February 2019
⏱️ 14 minutes
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0:00.0 | Did you know choosing the train over your car can cut your carbon footprint by up to two thirds? |
0:06.0 | So, one family outing at a time, one little adventurer at a time, one trip to the museum, one dinner in the city, one nap on the way home at a time. |
0:18.0 | One train journey at a time can help create a greener future. |
0:23.0 | So when will you take your next trip? Find out more at nationalrail.co.uk slash greener. |
0:35.0 | How many of these kinds of cases have you worked on? |
0:38.0 | Dozens and dozens. |
0:41.0 | Doug Fierberg is a lawyer. He specializes in cases where young people have gotten hurt at school. He calls it school violence law. |
0:49.0 | In terms of the number of families who I've represented whose children have died, 15 or so, and others who have been tremendously hurt dozens and dozens. |
1:01.0 | Doug has taken a particular interest in the target rich environment of negligent fraternities, or as he calls them, dirt bag fraternities. |
1:10.0 | We've taken the time to understand exactly how misguided the fraternities system is of dangerous it is. |
1:19.0 | The sexual assaults perpetrated at frat parties, the hazing related injuries and deaths. Doug says these aren't surprising one-off tragedies. |
1:28.0 | They're predictable products of reckless institutions. |
1:32.0 | Every fraternity house across the country is essentially managed by a popularly elected 1819 or 20 year old who as history has shown or statistics has shown. |
1:45.0 | It's part of a group that is the largest known binge drinkers on college campuses. |
1:52.0 | That individual with little train is often called upon to make life and death decisions or to intervene in circumstances that may cause harm to women. |
2:03.0 | In time and again, it's failed. |
2:07.0 | According to Doug, the way fraternities do business would seem odd in any other industry. |
2:21.0 | When national Greek organizations' insurance premiums rise because they're getting sued for hazing or sexual assault, they don't take actions to prevent hazing or sexual assault. |
2:30.0 | They just pass those higher insurance costs on to frat members who pay annual dues. |
2:35.0 | Doug knows of one company that ensures frats. |
2:38.0 | And you can see that they have had 6,000 claims and more than 60 million in payouts. |
2:46.0 | Do you know how many women have been raped in those statistics? Do you know how many people have been hurt to get the 60 million? A lot. |
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