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There have been some high profile cases of people standing up to similar scams, including Bezos. It (standing up to bullies - edit: extortionists is a better ch
by andy99 3y ago
There have been some high profile cases of people standing up to similar scams, including Bezos. It (standing up to bullies - edit: extortionists is a better characterization than bully) is commendable behvaior and needs to be better publicized as such, hopefully it will make some people feel more comfortable doing the same.
- auggierose 3y agoSomebody like Bezos probably just sends out hitmen after anybody trying this with him.
- cafard 3y agoNot so effective when they guy trying it is the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, and has demonstrated that he has quite efficient hitmen of his own.
- tcmart14 3y agoThis has the basis to being probably a pretty good action movie.
- auggierose 3y agoI guess that's a first-strike-wins scenario then. As long as he doesn't visit a Saudi embassy, I would bet on Bezos.
- lupire 3y agoBezos said he married his first wife because he thought she could bust him out of a Venezuelan prison if needed. Then he divorced her and married a newsreader. So I wouldn't bet on him.
- busterarm 3y agoStanding up to bullies is the kind of thing that gets young people expelled from school. Something about those zero tolerance policies. We're teaching our kids to be helpless. The only option we give them is to appeal to authority and it absolutely fucks them over when they're involved in a situation because of their own choices.
- giantg2 3y agoI agree. "Standing up to bullies is the kind of thing that gets young people expelled from school. Something about those zero tolerance policies." So it's not really the standing up part but the policy that gets them expelled.
- busterarm 3y agoRigid, uncaring administrative bodies can often end up being bullies too.
- giantg2 3y agoI think it's mostly that they don't want to get sued for making a bad judgement call, so they default to ham-fisted policies where no judgment is applied. But of course the schools get sued all the time anyways, usually due to stupid policies.
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- theGnuMe 3y ago>Standing up to bullies is the kind of thing that gets young people expelled from school. I think this is false. You can stand up to a bully without physical fighting or retaliation.