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How does this justify extortion? Serious question.

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• adriveatrain 8y ago
  > I’m very willing to let any of my body parts go through a big fat wringer if need be. If you're willing, how can you be extorted?
  • throwaway98121 8y ago
    Do X or I will do Y to hurt you and your company is blackmail and extortion, regardless of what Y is. Digging up some past quote to somehow justify extortion is not very genuine.
    • adriveatrain 8y ago
      I'm not justifying extortion, just reminding people of Bezos hypocritical statements. He was piling pain into Theil but now the shoe is on the other foot his tough talk has a different tune. He should have supported Peter / Hogan against the "everything you do in private is in the public interest" mentality. Especially when he owns a newspaper and a media network!
      • throwaway98121 8y ago
        There’s no hypocrisy here. If you have a personal issue with Bezos or his success, that’s fine. Expecting Bezos to tell newspapers or media what to report sounds like something Donald Trump would do. Good on Bezos for not doing that.