If I am innocent of a slanderous accusation I have nothing to settle with the accuser but the accuser has some settlement to send my way.
You say I cannot say what I would do because it is a hypothetical situation, but then you already told me you know what I would do in hypothetical situation. Think about what you said for a minute.
I have been falsely accused of many things in my life. Please know that I have never backed down and offered any settlement towards those that accused me falsely. Indeed their accusation was met with steadfast resolve.
If you pay someone to stop making false claims then you reward bad behavior that will only seek to beget more bad behavior.
What is truly hypothetical is that you would know better what I would do in a given situation than I would.
You exhibit a notion that money solves everything. You exhibit a mindset that puts truth and honor in the back seat. You have every right to live your life that way if you chose. Please do not make the mistake thinking that everyone else lives their life by these parameteres.
I have, and would again, stand tall against anyone in any situation that was making false claims against me. Let there be no doubt about that. Honor still matters to some folks. It abso-smurfly matters to me.
Right, in the hypothetical situation you would hypothetically refuse to hypothetically pay hypothetical money to a hypothetical false accuser rather than face a hypothetical term in a hypothetical prison.
That has nothing to do with what you might do in a real situation where you would really have to refuse to pay a real false accuers real money, but possibly less than the cost of your defense, to avoid the real chance of spending many real years in a real prison.