Jerry,

Interesting attempt to change the subject. Luckily, this is not important enough to spend much more time on.

To answer your question -- of course it bothers me when people do unethical things. But since no one has handed me the evidence on any of the above and all I have are allegations -- a lawyer's letter is not evidence, and I do not have the B.C. tape at home with which to judge TOB's trip -- I'm not sure why I should admonish anyone on the above. I have admonished Friedman on his bad condition reads and wishy-washy betting jargon from time to time. That's where I find value.

But you do suggest an interesting conundrum. What if I had irrefutable evidence that the purveyor of the product I prefer was a complete scumbag who had permanently damaged and/or destroyed the lives of innocent people? Say, John Tesh.

Would I 1) continue to buy from him; 2) begin to buy from his rival, whom I felt offered an inferior product, or 3) stop playing the game? Since I am not in Philosophy 101 I don't have to answer that and I won't but it is an interesting hypothetical.