I get it to a point: Having your past bad decisions follow you around is not fun. When I was in human resources, I had to discuss with people things they did in high school that, as people in their thirties, are still messing with their lives to some degree.

By the same token, however, you've got to own those mistakes and your part in them. I simply personally do not see that in attempting to sue 100 strangers because they have a low opinion of you.