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https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/strawman https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/strawman You are misdefining extortion.

• mindcrime 14y ago
  Oh? Then please share your definition, as I'm working off the basis that it's something like this[1]: Extortion (also called shakedown, outwresting, and exaction) is a criminal offence of unlawfully obtaining money, property, or services from a person, entity, or institution, through coercion. Refraining from doing harm is sometimes euphemistically called protection. [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extortion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extortion
• ganeumann 14y ago
  "...but additionally, in its formal definition, means the infliction of something such as pain and suffering or making somebody endure something unpleasant." [1] [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extortion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extortion, op cit.
  • mindcrime 14y ago
    The full sentence from the above quote: Exaction refers not only to extortion or the unlawful demanding and obtaining of something through force,[1] but additionally, in its formal definition, means the infliction of something such as pain and suffering or making somebody endure something unpleasant. So we've gone from talking about "extortion", a well known criminal offense with an everyday, commonplace meaning, to quibbling about an alternate definition of "exaction" which may sometimes be used synonymously with "extortion". If you meant to specifically talk about "exaction" then why not say so in the first place? And in either case, I stand by my assertion that referring to dmor's article as such is a tremendous exercise in hyperbole.