I'm just using a metaphor. It's all business, but the game theory version is that by even engaging with them here, you legitimize the tactics and have to contin

I'm just using a metaphor. It's all business, but the game theory version is that by even engaging with them here, you legitimize the tactics and have to continue to pay up every time anyone comes calling. Kipling has a cogent explanation of it in poetry form: http://www.poetryloverspage.com/poets/kipling/dane_geld.html http://www.poetryloverspage.com/poets/kipling/dane_geld.html