> It is a legitimate tactic; even those who succumb to it don’t really begrudge the approach.
Maybe I just haven't given up yet, but what the f*ck? This is not a legitimate tactic, this is LITERALLY everything wrong with our present system.
Maybe I just haven't given up yet, but what the f*ck? This is not a legitimate tactic, this is LITERALLY everything wrong with our present system.
Definition 1: maybe, although even that may be borderline, since these unsubstantiated suits sound pretty vexatious (IANAL).
Definition 2: no way that this is justifiable, or that this peculiarly broken aspect of the US legal system — where you pay your own costs even if you win — can be defended with logic.
When you understand why someone does something - you can hate that they're doing it, but you also accept it in a weird way, because they're simply using the rules of the game.
And while you hope you would do better if you ever got to be in that situation the truth is probably, that most of the people getting suid in these situations would do the exact same things if the roles were reversed.