baba@garth.UUCP (Baba ROM DOS) (09/11/86)
In article <1787@mmintl.UUCP> franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams) writes: >Actually, this is still not blackmail -- just extortion. Blackmail is the >threat to make information public to extort a value. As such, it is >explicitly *not* a threat of physical force. Nor is it fraud, unless the blackmailer is bluffing. Is there a libertarian argument for outlawing blackmail? After all, it means both state interference in the free market for services (i.e. silence) and the intervention of the state to protect individuals from the consequences of their own actions. Baba