Oliver wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Markey >> Sent: Wednesday, 30 August 2006 12:58 PM > >> Blackmail > > Greg, doesn't blackmail have to be done in secret? There must be > another word in the criminal code for what I am doing.
See the range of definitions here: http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?s=blackmail&gwp=13 The strict definition is "Extortion of money or something else of value from a person by the threat of exposing a criminal act or discreditable information." A looser definition is: "The crime involving a threat for purposes of compelling a person to do an act against his or her will, or for purposes of taking the person's money or property." So what Oliver is doing definitely isn't blackmail. In fact, it isn't even vaguely criminal. Surely he is just exercising his right as a client to transfer his patron to which provider he thinks offers the best service, and he is making the basis for that choice explicit to potential pathology service providers? Tim C _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
