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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank

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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (56025)8/30/2002 8:55:22 PM
From: J. C. Dithers  Read Replies (3) of 82486
 
What do you call it?

Remember that you asked. So I'll answer. I call it bulls---t.

CH says he didn't threaten to sue, but we'll leave that aside.

If he uses the threat of enormous legal expenses. What the hell are you talking about? Where would enormous legal expenses come from? Let's say CH sued to get his full posting privileges restored. Do you envision this as a case that is going to the U.S. Supreme Court? Do you imagine that Alan Derschowitz, Barry Scheck, and Johnnie Cochran are going to become involved? Do you see the case dragging on for years, going from one courtroom to the next? Do you think CH would be awarded millions of dollars? (The only way CH would get a dime would be if he was proved right, and you wrong).

There are lawyers on this site who have been suspended and took it like men. When was CH suspended?

Overblown rhetoric ... yeah, I'd call it bulls--t.

IMO, the simple truth is that SI didn't think the complaint was worth pursuing because the alleged violation was vague and without convincing proof. After trying a half-hearted solution that didn't work, they decided it wasn't worth their further time or trouble. Which is basically what many other posters believed then, and now.
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