@lwadmin For full disclosure I agree with rooki on this topic.

I may have missed it in the write up but I think the vegan mods needlessly escalated the situation by trying to ban and remove comments from an admin.

I am not saying I always agree with rooki but I respect his job as an admin.

The mods of vegan treated him disrespectfully in his capacity as an admin by deleting and banning him.

You should cover this in your terms of service.

He just put an injunction in place which is common. It just means the case has to be decided first.

If he’s accusing them of venue shopping. I suspect he’s going to rule against them.

Considering they don’t fly. Pretty hard.

Used in the context you claim, it’s even more of an idiotic thing to say.

The company is being fined. It’s a real penalty. Since we don’t know how much product was sold, we don’t how punitive it is but damn, when the government gets a win you take it.

Well they should pick up a dictionary and learn what the word means.

Write off means write off the books. Otherwise it makes no sense as that the dictionary term for the phrase. You can’t write off a fine. It isn’t “written off”.

Real the whole paragraph. It’s idiotic talk

On a handful of products? Doubtful.

At least the government gave them a fine which is a step in the right direction. Country of origin is important to me. I buy based on those labels

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Did they make 200 million selling those products ?

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Really depends on the value of the products sold. The find should be double or triple that to have any impact.

Personally I avoid buying anything made in China. Too much risk if it’s something I’ll touch all the time. Too much lead and chemicals in their products.

Fines are not tax deductible. So no it’s not a cost of doing business.

https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/102915/are-irs-penalties-tax-deductible.asp#:~:text=Fines and penalties a person,federal laws are never deductible.