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Sebok argues that both pro-plaintiff and pro-defendant forces often give misleading accounts of what is wrong with the system , and that the prevalence of settlement is the true reason the tort system is troubled . From strictly municipal business he succeeded in holding aloof , his true reason being fear of expense ; but this prudence notwithstanding , the esteem he enjoyed necessarily cost him something in coin of the realm , and such demands upon his pocket grew heavier and more frequent with the progress of time . That 's not the true reason but it is a interesting part of the case . Yet the true reason lay not long concealed , but Tisaphernes went to the king in person to declare it . It is quite clear from the record that the City sought out reasons to downgrade Housing Works ' application , but that the true reasons for the city 's determinations related to Housing Works ' history of aggressive activism .