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Originally Posted by DawnFalcon
If you don't take a stand against people caving into unjustified legal demands, well, that's your choice. For me, it's a principle.
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Easy to say when it's other people who would do the standing. I tried it for a while-found that I could never get any productive work done because all my time was taken up dealing with either threatened or actual lawsuits. It appeared I had to make some choices.
I still stand on principle in some cases, but now I'm more selective in choosing those cases-and many of the criteria have more to do with practicality than principle, so I'm a bit more sympathetic to others who cave in to unjust demands. It doesn't necessarily indicate a lack of either principle, or belief in the justice of their position. Sometimes it just indicates a lack of resources (time and/or money) to take on the fight.