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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (548162)	2/4/2010 10:31:52 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578173

If a man threatens to assassinate a President and really means it, is that a crime? Yes but the crime is murder and/or assassination, not blackmail. If I tell you I'm going to publish embarrassing details about you, and I do, that's not blackmail. If I tell you I am going to do so and I don't, that's not blackmail. If I don't tell you, and I publish them, that's not blackmail. Blackmail is when I tell you if you don't pay me, or do some other thing I want you to do, than I will publish them. Its kind of funny as a crime, since it gives you a choice. Publishing isn't illegal, but if I just go ahead and publish them you don't have the choice. Arguably your better off if I give you the choice.