Lawsuits against SYATP.

[Brad Pardee]

Ed,

You wrote, "And if, as you say, most of those situations are cleared up by a letter explaining the law, is it really an attempt to suppress, or is it merely ignorance of the law? Seems the latter would be a far more reasonable description of what is going on."

Certainly there are some who are ignorant of the law and simply require the explanation.  But what I've seen as I've tried to follow news stories like this over the years is that it's just as certain that there are those administrators who are hostile to things such as See You At The Pole, and for those individuals, they're working on the assumption that people won't fight an authority figure on the point.  In those cases, the letter doesn't merely serve as an explanation of the law.  It also serves notice that their bluff is being called, and so they back down, knowing that they would lose.

While it's uncharitable to assume that all of these situations are the result of animus against such events, it's equally naive to assume that none of these situations are merely harmless, well-intentioned ignorance.

Brad
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