# Ought blackmail be illegal?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [February 14, 2019, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ought-blackmail-be-illegal/829535 "2019-02-14T13:33:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![JB99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/439d5e/32.png) [@JB99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JB99)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2019, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ought-blackmail-be-illegal/829535/16 "2019-02-14T16:22:39Z")

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> [@WillFarnaby](#):
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> How are you helping the embarrassed person by taking away his option to buy the other person’s silence.

Are you fucking kidding me?

You know what, fuck this forum. This is dumb as shit, and so are you. I’m out.

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