a.ashfield <a.ashfi...@verizon.net> wrote:
> I would have thought you could tell the difference between some one who > has set up a long running fraud and someone trying to take advantage of the > legal system who had no part in causing the problem. > > I asked you for one example of the former who has then taken the victim to > court and you have not been able to find one. > Santilli! And countless other con-men. Threatening a lawsuit is widely used by criminals, such as the Mafia in Italy. See: http://www.newsweek.com/italian-mafia-intimidating-journalists-worst-levels-violence-90s-306352 ". . . as well as the increase in mafia violence, defamation lawsuits are also to blame for the lack of journalistic freedom in Italy. “When a journalist knows that they could face a lawsuit between €5,000 and €60,000, they may have more of a tendency to self-censor . . ." - Jed
