invertedva, you wrote:"I am seeing this whole court saga as...

invertedva, you wrote:

"I am seeing this whole court saga as pre-emptive ass covering behaviour by the gov. Its essentially a "shut up all the stuff ups and move on" threat, and it will work."

Could you elaborate a bit on that? You seem to be making an interesting point but I'm not sure exactly what it is. Are you suggesting that Germ is only bluffing but the 'threat' will work? How? More info needed. Tks.