On Mon, 9 Jul 2007 13:45:07 -0700 (PDT), Phil Boswell
<phil.boswell(a)gmail.com> wrote:
The thing is that in many of these cases, we have to be
able to demonstrate
that we are doing SOMEthing to prove our good faith, in order to assume the
moral high ground. If we can later show that we bent over backwards to help
people, outside observers are more likely to give us the benefit of the
doubt. If we're up against the usual kind of querulous "vexatious litigant"
this can be of great help.
Yes, exactly that. And sometimes the (self-)righteous indignation of
those who would prefer to get one over on "the man" drowns out any
rational debate.
Guy (JzG)
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