The mob use a business model similar to this. Make people pay them money or they cost you far more in damages. Worked really well for the mob, not so great for the people they extorted.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extortion
"Making a threat of violence or a lawsuit which refers to a requirement of a payment of money or property to halt future violence or lawsuit is sufficient to commit the offense."
Slashdot Mirror
The mob use a business model similar to this. Make people pay them money or they cost you far more in damages. Worked really well for the mob, not so great for the people they extorted. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extortion "Making a threat of violence or a lawsuit which refers to a requirement of a payment of money or property to halt future violence or lawsuit is sufficient to commit the offense."
Link doesn't work for me...
Actually, all the steps to have an eye evolve have been shown to exist in currently living organisms. And that wasn't even that recently.