Exactly. The intent of bankruptcy law is to benefit the economy by allowing people and corporations to take risks and start over. It's not to let them get awa

Exactly. The intent of bankruptcy law is to benefit the economy by allowing people and corporations to take risks and start over. It's not to let them get away with defamation. So there's a line between healthy economic risk-taking (bankruptcy discharges) and bad behavior (bankruptcy doesn't affect that).