_wonky_ = "shady"?

[Victor Steinbok]

That does sound very wonky, but why do you keep talking about the
e-books case?

     VS-)

On 4/15/2012 11:44 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 9:16 PM, victor steinbok<aardvark66 at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> Definitely need context for this one.
> The writer is pointing out that the plaintiff, X, has left out of his
> complaint against E information that would  eliminate the basis of his
> complaint that he is the victim of a conspiracy involving A, B, C, D,
> *and E*, given that E is not a party to the conspiracy of A, B, C, and
> D, despite E's having instigated the formation of the conspiracy by
> making an offer that can't be refused by an individual, but one that
> can be manipulated by a group, to the detriment of X, whose motivation
> for including E in the suit is that X would be harmed in any case,
> absent any conspiracy, if E is free to make the offer, since X would
> have to match that offer, at great cost to his bottom line, in order
> to continue to be in control of this business.
> --
> -Wilson

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