Actually if you think about it, the TOS vouch system could have been used for a textbook conspiracy case. Originally Posted by burgh1
That's a hell of a legal theory.
Question for you: when a large rust-belt county had several of the TOS proprietors and operators under their roof for a few days a couple of years ago: why didn't that happen? Now, it could be because the governmental unit in question is just that incompetent. Or, it could be because if they really wanted to go about it, there's about 17 paths which are easier. I think you are right--thinking about it is probably a good idea. But I'm always curious: what is the overt act which offering a vouch is in furtherance of? And what is your specific argument which suggests that by offering a vouch that one agreed to commit said act?
Of all the risks in the hobby, I'd submit to you that stuff like what HDGristle correctly identifies are far larger of a problem that the possibility of facing any kind of overt consequences over a vouch. Or a review. In fact, as I mention: regarding the case which we aren't all talking about, a cursory glance at the actual facts will tell you that anything hobby related is only part of the hypothetical individual's legal woes. (this thread is likely an example: there's a fact based analysis and whatever the gentle reader chooses to call the other one). There's a lot of sound, fury, mystical recollections from fantasy-land, and a plethora of other noise to try to distract from this simple truth that the originally referenced event and some things which follow it are only tangentially hobby related. Don't be fooled.