> I would black ball this shell of a human being until he rots of
> poverty. I would make sure that everything he has ever held dear to him is
> stripped away little by little...

I've thought a bit about this thread and the issues underneath it that
concern us all from time to time.  I don't fault your passion to see this
guy meet his just reward at all.  IMHO there is far too much confusion in
our culture between justice and mercy:  as if one has to negate justice in
order to be merciful, or deny truth in order to be tolerant.  Without
justice mercy ultimately can't exist and without truth nothing will finally
remain but intolerant selfishness.

However, I try to be guided by a great passage in the prophet Micah:  "He
has told you, O man, what is good - and what does the Lord require of you
but to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?"
Don't mean to preach at anyone, but merely to suggest that the wise course
for us individually and as a society is to uphold justice (don't ignore but
pursue this guy according to the law and/or other above-board means) and
also to refrain from stooping to mere revenge (be kind and merciful because
all our laws should have the goal of a peaceable and enjoyable society and
because we have been and still want to be shown kindness ourselves).  I'd
like most of all to see this guy's miserable life changed - but if that
fails, at least restrain him from continuing his evil.

Thanks for forbearing my theological / philosophical detour from technical
vanagon issues, but it seems that this thread invites some deeper
reflection, to uphold our good and happy vanagon standards of life!

Jim Creech
87 Westy GL 2.1