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Re:Copyright troll lawsuit blows up in face of Righthaven by swombat on Wednesday December 08, 2010 @06:13PM (#1985120)
That's a stupid rule of thumb.

What if the bully has the means to kill you and get away with it?

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Re:Copyright troll lawsuit blows up in face of Righthaven by sukuriant on Wednesday December 08, 2010 @06:27PM (#1985169)
Hence why it's a rule of thumb instead of a rule embedded in deep concrete and signed by the Highest Authority?
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Re:Copyright troll lawsuit blows up in face of Righthaven by kbatten on Wednesday December 08, 2010 @06:44PM (#1985238)
I don't think "bully" is the correct term in that case.
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Re:Copyright troll lawsuit blows up in face of Righthaven by anamax on Wednesday December 08, 2010 @10:38PM (#1985915)
> What if the bully has the means to kill you and get away with it?

Almost everyone has the means to kill you, for most values of "you".

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Re:Copyright troll lawsuit blows up in face of Righthaven by PostOnce on Wednesday December 08, 2010 @10:52PM (#1985944)
Do you live in stark, utter terror of your government? Because they can do that. :P
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Re:Copyright troll lawsuit blows up in face of Righthaven by jsharpe on Thursday December 09, 2010 @01:43AM (#1986418)
He didn't say "stark, utter terror", he said that sometimes you SHOULD back down from a bully.

And yes you probably should back down from the government.

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Re:Copyright troll lawsuit blows up in face of Righthaven by PostOnce on Thursday December 09, 2010 @02:19AM (#1986493)
You should back down from the government? I smell a debate forming.

Elaborate on this theory of yours, I'd be delighted to hear.

I postulate that backing down from the government can only possibly make things worse. It might be tough to stand up now, but it'll be tougher later if you don't...

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