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I don't doubt for one instant that there are numerous individuals over on "CF" (Cigar Family) who, for one reason for another, are upset with "You-Know-Who" (YKW!) I suspect that a few may have quite valid reasons and the majority probably don't.
Be that as it may ... I frankly believe that, at this stage of the game, there would have at least been some pending legal action and/or criminal charges IF (1.) there were sufficient grounds, (2.) enough people were willing to go "to the mat" AND "on the record", and (3.) any specific laws had been broken.
Now, before casting stones my way, please hear me out ...
I know from personal experience that often (not always, but often!), folks tend to get "stirred up" who really don't have a stake in whatever transgression allegedly occurred. Some of these people just want to be a "player" and others are just plain trouble-makers.
The Bottom Line is this: IF there WERE anything REALLY serious going on here, I can't help but believe that someplace, sometime, somewhere ... somebody would have convinced an attorney and/or "the law" that legal action needed to be taken against YKW! ...
... And, gee, let's assume the "best case scenario" for these folks; i.e., that they went to the "lowest-common-denominator" scumbag lawyer out there - you know, the kind who would sue his/her own mother over a bag of peanuts! - and solicit him/her to take on their cause!
BUT, well, uhmmm .... er, uhhh ... it hasn't happened HAS IT!
So, failing that, I think it would be extremely WISE AND PRUDENT to give YKW the "space" to make amends with anyone/anywhere whom he may have offended and/or allegedly took unfair financial vantage of by promptly making restitution to these folks.
I believe that YKW may now finally be in a financial position that would facilitate this option and I suspect that he'd be willin' to do whatever it takes to just put it all "behind him." HEY! If he doesn't, then "let the chips fall where they may!"
BUT, in the interim, PLEASE ... Just give it some room to happen and let the "parties who really matter" work with each other to resolve this matter like responsible adults. Then, if they're STILL not satisfied, let 'em "put up or shut up" once and for all by settling it in court!
I suspect that there's a "successful plumber" out there in McLean, Virginia, who might agree with me on this ... and, well, as for the rest of the CF-er's - those who still want to complain can still try to find a good weasel ... I mean attorney ... who'll go tippin' at windmills with 'em! (I repeat ... Gottah wonder, tho' ... how come they haven't already initiated some legal action! :?)
Let it go folks, just let it go and let the few "interested parties" who really have issues in this debate work it out. Otherwise, there might truly be hell to pay on every side.
I have to wonder when/if "push comes to shove" in this matter, just how many of those good folks over in the CF Forum would be willin' to testify under oath regarding all the allegations that have been spinning around over there - and, now, unfortunately, over here!
AND IF THEY OR ANYONE IN HERE isn't able 'n willin' to "commit to the exercise", then they really need to think about the "flip side" of the issue; i.e., somethin' called "Defammation of Character In A Public Forum."
Unlike all the other things that may or may not have occurred over on "CF", if things keep goin' the way they are, there's soon going to be "sufficient cause" in here alone for a nice, juicy, civil action that some scumbag lawyer WILL accept this time! IS ANY of this worth gambling over the likelihood that you may receive a suphoena tomorrow or the day after?
Why in the hell aren't we talkin' about watches and slappin' each other on the backs instead of across the face? What the hell is goin' on around here, anyway?
Innuendo's, Rumors and "Rumors of War" (BTW, Great Book ... read it!) tend to spin out of control with time and distance. IMHO, this matter doesn't merit going to war ... IF IT DID, believe me, it would have started a long time ago!
You have to pick your battles in life and, IMHO, for most of us ... this isn't our battle. We need to stay out of it and let those who feel they've been wronged either "cease and desist" making allegations in a public forum OR prove 'em in a court-of-law!
'Nuf Sed. Smoke 'em if ya' got 'em!
Last edited on Mon Oct 17th, 2005 04:48 am by