XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com   
      
   Chris  wrote:   
   > badgolferman  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> If I was innocent of wrong doing and had all that money, I’d be paying   
   >> lawyers to keep my name and reputation clean, rather than giving it to the   
   >> government and looking guilty.   
   >   
   > Remember civil suits in the US aren't about right or wrong, but about   
   > persuasion. Can you persuade the jury/judge not to find against you?   
   >   
   > Also fighting a court case is long-winded, expensive and completely outside   
   > of your control.   
   >   
   > Paying off frivolous lawsuits is a running cost of large business in the   
   > US.   
   >   
   >   
      
   You assume the cases against Apple are frivolous, because well, Apple can’t   
   be doing anything unethical. As we have seen with the battery issue, Apple   
   is fully capable of being unethical and taking advantage of consumers. The   
   consumer and tax payer is always the one getting screwed.   
      
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