I generally agree but doesn't it depend on what the information revealed does? If someone threatens to disclose my chronic illness to my employer or something like that, this might end in excessive financial damage and take my personal rights away. Should the blackmailer be hold accountable for the damage? There are some situations where consequences matter and people who did nothing wrong can get intimidated I think.
Non-violent forms of black mail should be legal. Anyone who does it violently is committing theft by definition. It's what the government does to get tax dollars out of us.
Excellent segment, and great point to Scepticsteve.
BillCashmere 4 months ago
I generally agree but doesn't it depend on what the information revealed does? If someone threatens to disclose my chronic illness to my employer or something like that, this might end in excessive financial damage and take my personal rights away. Should the blackmailer be hold accountable for the damage? There are some situations where consequences matter and people who did nothing wrong can get intimidated I think.
scepticsteve 6 months ago
@scepticsteve Great point
samuils 6 months ago in playlist John Stossel-08/18/11
Thank you Thomas Paine!
Nasamike 6 months ago
Non-violent forms of black mail should be legal. Anyone who does it violently is committing theft by definition. It's what the government does to get tax dollars out of us.
ShatterNWO 6 months ago