AOG - "If you yourself was convicted of a crime of which you thought (independent to what others thought) you had a case, then wouldn't you also be prepared to go to the highest court in the land to try and get a more favourable decision, or would you hold your hands up in the air and confess your guilt from the offset?"
If I was fighting from a position of law - I believed that I was not guilty as charged, and a miscarriage of justice had taken place, then I would appeal to a higher court in an attempt to receive what I believe to be justice.
If I was fighting from a position of principle which had caused me to break the law, i would accept my punishment under the law, while still believing my principle was correct, and would remain unchanged.
What I would not do, is take my principle to a higher court and expect them to oveturn the lower court's ruling because the lower court arrived at its decision based on the law as it stands, and not on my principle, which is not the issue here where the law is concerned.
Having lost again, I would not then expect a further higher court to overturn an established legal ruling, simply because I do not agree with it.
I am not required to agree with the law, the law is not required to agree with my principle - but of the two, only the law has the power to enforce itself, and regardless of how hard-done-to I feel, or however strongly I hold my principle, it is the law that will have its way.
Personally, i would have accepted that further down the line that the Bulls - but that was their choice.
As to the peripheral responses they received, including intimidation, that is absolutely unforgiveable, and from that perspective, I would not deviate from my course for a moment, but mine would be acceptance.
I only fight battles I can see a chance of winning - this was not one of those.