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I will disagree, you have no right to both keep secrets and allow other people to know them. I think blackmail should be illegal in the case of threatening to d

I will disagree, you have no right to both keep secrets and allow other people to know them. I think blackmail should be illegal in the case of threatening to disclose criminal activity. But that case has nothing to do with the right to keep secrets. It should be illegal because it's essentially using the threat of state violence for personal gain. Any threats of violence for personal gain should be illegal. I will note even with this limited scope it gets complicated. For example if you are being harassed and threaten to report the aggressor for criminal harassment if they do not leave you alone you might be commiting blackmail.

airstrike 8y ago
> you have no right to both keep secrets and allow other people to know them. But presumably one ought to have the right to not be charged an outrageous fee for someone to keep their secret. It shouldn't be illegal to share someone else's secret. It should, however, be illegal to twist that secret to your advantage by exploiting the vulnerable state of the person to whom the secret relates.
hopler 8y ago
What? Telling someone you intend to enforce the law if they continue to break it is in no way blackmail.