At 01:32 PM 3/8/00, Trei, Peter wrote:
>[quoting Jim Choate]
> > Blackmail is the use of coersion of one person by another to profit at the
> > expence of that target. No different than a mugging, just not as personal
> > and in your face.
>
>Jim:
>
>1. Learn to spell coercion.
>
>2. Read the post. Steve was stating that under the standard definition of
>blackmail (which I was trying to point out to you), blackmail would not be
>considered a crime in a libertarian society. He's quite correct.
>
>You are misinterpreting his remarks based on your erroneous use of
>'blackmail' as a synonym for 'threat'.
The traditional term for what Jim's describing is "extortion". Then again,
he thinks the Constitution is a contract, so this sort of confusion is to
be expected.
