If you are the CEO of a company and decide that this is the way to silence your critics because you made a mistake or you don't like what someone else says, the

If you are the CEO of a company and decide that this is the way to silence your critics because you made a mistake or you don't like what someone else says, then don't whine to the community when someone else does something to you. You showed your support for their tactics. Live by the sword, die by the sword.