dunno ... those are the kinds of threads that I quit reading after awhile. The entertainment value can only last so long. <g>

>Maybe I am remembering this incorrectly, but didn't JVP suggest, hint at, outright say he was considering legal action against Steven Black in one of their You're a Jerk/No, You're a Jerk - Am Not/Am So debates? I can't remember for sure, and I would have to go through 10,000 messages between them to make sure <g>.
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>>Jim (and Tom),
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>>Whatever ... I suppose the term "legal action" wasn't quite right, but just getting a lawyer involved at all is, IMHO, over the top ...
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>>~~Bonnie
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>>>SNIP
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>>>>My point still is this ... legal action was a ridiculous response to the problem.
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>>>Personally I wouldn't call a letter from a lawyer "legal action".
>>>I saw it as a formal letter with a warning of legal action if warranted. Who knows, maybe more direct communications were tried and were fruitless. Maybe it was felt that using a lawyer would show the gravity that the company attributes to the action(s) that precipitated the letter.
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>>>cheers
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>>>SNIP