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To: Win-Lose-Draw who wrote (4814)	6/25/2003 1:13:16 PM
From: Jeffrey S. Mitchell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12465

...do the police not have the power to deal with someone providing false "evidence"? Ask anyone who has worked fielding calls for the police, government agencies, politicians, etc. and they'll regale you with all sorts of stories of the wackos that call in daily. How do you differentiate between the person who really thinks his reclusive neighbor really is a terrorist vs. someone who has a vendetta against him? And even if you think you can, is it worth taxpayer money to clog the court system with such types? Obviously, IMO, no... you just ignore them and hope they go away. When you are the target of personal harassment, even if someone persists, you have to weigh the pros and cons of spending the time and money on a lawsuit. Suppose you win but the person you sued has no money? Even if they have money, is the headache of actually intensifying a relationship with someone you'd rather forget an acceptable trade-off? Obviously those are rhetorical questions and everyone has their own tolerance threshold. In my case, I do admit, at least at one point, it was almost reached. - Jeff