duped,
OK - you have me there. That is a valid, logical reason to remain anonymous while you are pursuing government action.
belmont,
sorry if I am twisting or misreading your response. How would you quantify your reason for being anonymous, as based on my paragraph that you quoted? I may be making a bad assumption in boiling the paragraph down to these specific reasons:
- hope that I will get a return on my trees
- fear of losing what little responsiveness I've had from TATF
- fear of losing leverage or ability to motivate TATF to continue caring for my trees
in these cases, I would say my fears are:
a. if not fears that TATF will actively retaliate against me, the fear that I will poison my relationship with TATF and remove any desire they have for positive action on my behalf
b. based on my belief that TATF is a valid business
c. based on expectation of some return from my investment, other than recovery through a judgment against a fraudulent TATF
If TATF is not a valid business, why would I care if they stop communicating with me? And if it's a fraud, why would I care about motivating them to care for my trees or why would I expect a return? Again, these reasons for anonymity are based on the idea of TATF as a valid business.
That was my point about fear of retaliation also.
