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Re:Here's the Email That Could Cost Mark Zuckerberg Half of ... by lotusleaf1987 on Tuesday April 12, 2011 @11:09AM (#2437505)
|Suppose FB shows no trace of emails, what does it matter? If Ceglia can show that the emails are indeed real, then that trumps FB. Or am I missing something here?

If Ceglia can and does prove that the emails are real and FB is left claiming they couldn't find the emails, it's going to look to most like FB knew it had something to lose all along and that will immediately give Ceglia's claim is more validity. Learn from Nixon, the coverup is usually worse than the offense. Facebook should be as open as they can.

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Re:Here's the Email That Could Cost Mark Zuckerberg Half of ... by pkteison on Tuesday April 12, 2011 @12:57PM (#2438024)
Why? One of my big problems with society these days is that honesty often doesn't appear to pay. Upside of successful coverup: Facebook saves billions. Downside of failed coverup: Facebook loses billions. Downside of being honest: Facebook loses about the same amount of billions as if they failed at a coverup.
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Re:Here's the Email That Could Cost Mark Zuckerberg Half of ... by mbreese on Tuesday April 12, 2011 @01:51PM (#2438304)
Another downside: being convicted of fraud. Governments tend to not like it when you lie to them. People go to jail, lose legal licenses, etc... Society may not care about honesty, but the courts certainly do.
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