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Never heard of that before. What stands out to me is, that the executive person ordering it, Steve Wymer, was not charged at all, despite making very plain sta
by lukan 3y ago
Never heard of that before.
What stands out to me is, that the executive person ordering it, Steve Wymer, was not charged at all, despite making very plain statements:
"Wymer texted Baugh that Ina Steiner was a "biased troll who needs to be BURNED DOWN"; that he wanted "to see ashes"; and that Baugh should do "whatever it takes.""
I would imagine the same will happen here(if it was murder). Some pawns get executed, who "missunderstood their orders".
Mafia bosses seems to operate like this as well. They don't give plain orders to kill someone. But their underlings know what is expected of them, by a certain nod or comment.
- KingOfCoders 3y agoOnce in another company, the CEO told the legal counsel in a meeting, don't send me emails, do what is needed.
- rasz 3y agoThere is a scene in Antitrust (@8:40) where Gates says something similar while planning a murder: >The cold, hard facts are that anything is possible. >Anything, anything. You're just not thinking creatively. >I have every confidence that you can do that, Phil.
- the_du_ 3y agoI loved that movie I was quite young
- dylan604 3y agoIt's always hard for that lone wolf to know if it's just a dog whistle or a true call to action. But I'm sure that's exactly the way it's intended to allow for plausible deniability. "I never meant for someone to take me seriously. I was just venting. Locker room talk."
- lukan 3y agoThat's the difference between a good and a bad employee. Or rather, the good employee delivers results, (does not get caught) and the boss asks no questions regarding the details.
- cwillu 3y agoFwiw, the dog whistle _is_ the call to action. It's mildly amusing that the connotation has inverted though.
- xtiansimon 3y ago“Trainers may use the whistle simply to gather a dog's attention, or to inflict pain for the purpose of behaviour modification.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_whistle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_whistle Seems to go both ways, but without a doubt it gets the animal’s attention.
- cwillu 3y agoMy point is that “oh, that's a nazi dog whistle” has been so overused that people have now come to associate the term with “signal that people think signifies something to another group, but which doesn't”.
- latchkey 3y ago> Never heard of that before. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38959248 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38959248
- publius_0xf3 3y ago[Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_no_one_rid_me_of_this_turbulent_priest%3F https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_no_one_rid_me_of_this_tur...)
- boringg 3y agoNever knew that was the origin.
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- dullcrisp 3y agoI do wonder what happened there. CEO texts the chief communications officer that someone posting online needs to be taken down, chief communication officer takes that literally and relays the order to the head of security?
- lukan 3y agoWell, how do you take down some blog, if there is no legal base for it, because all the content was obvious legal? If there would have been a legal angle, they would have send out lawyers letters instead. That was apparently not an option, so crime was the only way to go. And that no one at the top gets prosecuted for this, is quite disappointing.
- thecatspaw 3y agoYou can still ask their hosting company to take down the content for example, or try to pay them off, or other things. Or since it was in the US make up some bogus claim and take them to court and hope they cannot afford court proceedings and fold.
- smegger001 3y agoFile fake DMCA claim with the hosting company, drop of if challenged, file and cease and desist with the ISP threatening vaguely and claim it has slanderous/lible and your willing to sue and they will often take it down, buy a few bitcoin run them through a tumbler to anonymize them and pay a bot farm to ddos the site until your host drops you to make it go away.
- lukan 3y agoApparently you would have done a more discrete job.
- dolmen 3y ago> Well, how do you take down some blog, if there is no legal base for it, because all the content was obvious legal? We will never know the answer because the chief communication officer choose to contact the security department instead of the legal department.
- namdnay 3y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6cake3bwnY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6cake3bwnY