Resilience

I was recently asked by an interviewer:
"What did you hope to accomplish once you decided to sue over your termination? Were there more significant issues at stake other than personal vindication?"
My answer:
"A lot of people look at an experience such as mine and say “ Well, okay. The playground bully stole your ball, so you tried to complain to the principal. But you found out that the principal IS the playground bully. And, not only that, he has a whole gang! So, let them have your ball and stay off the playground. Problem solved”.
"My fear was that many people in the valley thought the experience of myself and key staff members resembled this scenario. I wanted the facts to be publicized so everyone would be able too see that the circumstances were the result of one diabolical individual, and that it was happening company-wide. I wanted the customers of our utility to be able to make their own judgment about who had the best interests of the utility in mind during that time. Unfortunately, the trial arguments were restricted so that most of the information on waste and mismanagement was suppressed. I think the book does a pretty good job of revealing those issues."