Actually the Wise's had ample time and opportunity to come to this thread and reply, which they declined to do.
And for the record, I have discussed with one of my attorneys in the past the issue of banned members being addressed in the BOI having some RIGHT to come back on and reply to charges made against them, and he assured me that this site is my own private property and I can grant or deny access to absolutely anyone I want to for any reason whatsoever. I needed to know this, because otherwise banning anyone would be a completely futile and wasted effort if they could simply demand to come back at will to respond to anything said about them. So I made sure I had all my ducks lined up in a row long ago.
Trust me, the cost of the Wise's pursuing any sort of frivolous legal action will far exceed any financial resources they can come up with. Just paying an attorney for the time to respond to the flurry of pre-trial motions made will bankrupt them way before the "lawyer hours" start building up preparing for the actual trial. And any attorney looking into this case and reading about who they are representing would want ALL their money up front from the Wises for certain. Sure anyone can pay any attorney a couple of hundred dollars to write a cease and desist demand. But once you throw that in the trash, that's the end of the issue when the sender sees that this is just the beginning of pissing away a LOT of money QUICKLY.
Most people threatening lawsuits seem to think they can get an attorney to do that for free or on some sort of contingency basis. Attorneys will only accept cases on a contingency basis if there is a reasonable expectation that they can actually win the case, otherwise they do a LOT of work for nothing. Generally speaking, stupid people don't get to pass the bar to become attorneys.
And for the record, I have discussed with one of my attorneys in the past the issue of banned members being addressed in the BOI having some RIGHT to come back on and reply to charges made against them, and he assured me that this site is my own private property and I can grant or deny access to absolutely anyone I want to for any reason whatsoever. I needed to know this, because otherwise banning anyone would be a completely futile and wasted effort if they could simply demand to come back at will to respond to anything said about them. So I made sure I had all my ducks lined up in a row long ago.
Trust me, the cost of the Wise's pursuing any sort of frivolous legal action will far exceed any financial resources they can come up with. Just paying an attorney for the time to respond to the flurry of pre-trial motions made will bankrupt them way before the "lawyer hours" start building up preparing for the actual trial. And any attorney looking into this case and reading about who they are representing would want ALL their money up front from the Wises for certain. Sure anyone can pay any attorney a couple of hundred dollars to write a cease and desist demand. But once you throw that in the trash, that's the end of the issue when the sender sees that this is just the beginning of pissing away a LOT of money QUICKLY.
Most people threatening lawsuits seem to think they can get an attorney to do that for free or on some sort of contingency basis. Attorneys will only accept cases on a contingency basis if there is a reasonable expectation that they can actually win the case, otherwise they do a LOT of work for nothing. Generally speaking, stupid people don't get to pass the bar to become attorneys.
But it's nice to know I've got some backup.
