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    Quote Originally Posted by Tgo01 View Post
    Yeah, so from the very beginning the guy had the idea in his head that he wanted 50k. He basically admits this, falling for the "I'm just doing this for fun!" is quite laughable. So Musk offered 5k and the guy said no, he wanted 50k. Fast forward a year later and the guy goes on CNN and repeats his extortion price of 50k.
    That’s quite an assumption, that’s like saying if you buy a gun, your main intent is to kill someone. Quite ridiculous, much like your statement.

    Wow, he reminded Musk that his original offer still stands… such an evil kid!

    He had that account since 2019 or something. Musk made an offer, and most people would have made a counter offer. Nothing wrong with that. Him making a counter offer doesn’t mean anything other than that.

    Exertion involves something illegal, what that kid was doing, wasn’t illegal at all. Musk made an offer, he countered, perfectly legal in every way.
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    The Constitution is not the Declaration of Independence. (I'm not at all surprised that you don't know this)
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    "That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government." ~ The Constitution

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tgo01 View Post
    Yeah, so from the very beginning the guy had the idea in his head that he wanted 50k. He basically admits this, falling for the "I'm just doing this for fun!" is quite laughable. So Musk offered 5k and the guy said no, he wanted 50k. Fast forward a year later and the guy goes on CNN and repeats his extortion price of 50k.

    As far as tracking his jet and "not his car"...you do know planes land at airports right? Where 99.99% of people then get into a car to reach their final destination? Of course some shitstain used this guy's plane tracker to see when "Elon" would land and then followed a car he thought contained Elon Musk himself.

    Also it doesn't matter how much money it is, a crime is a crime. You're basically saying everyone should just pay extortionists and blackmailers if they can afford to do so. What a message to send.

    Again, get better heroes. This is just beyond shameful at this point.
    Extortion:
    the practice of obtaining something, especially money, through force or threats:

    What threat did the kid make to Musk? What did he force Musk to do?
    Countering an offer, isn’t extortion. The kid didn’t use any threats, or try to force anything.


    Musk: “tell me how do you track my plane?”
    Kid: “with this software”
    Musk: “it’s a security threat for me, I’ll give you $5k to take it down.
    Kid: “how about 50k OR an internship?
    Musk: *thinks it over, then blocks him”

    At no point did the kid try to extort him.

    I have no problem with agreeing with you, if the kid reached out to musk and demanded 50k to remove it. But he did NO such thing. Musk reached out first and made an offer, the kid made a counter offer, musk then blocked him. Kid did nothing wrong.


    Your entire argument falls apart because Musk reached out first and offered money for the kid to stop doing something that he’s been doing for quite some time, and something perfectly legal.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Neveragain View Post
    The Constitution is not the Declaration of Independence. (I'm not at all surprised that you don't know this)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Neveragain View Post
    "That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government." ~ The Constitution

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tgo01 View Post
    Journalists: Let's all go ahead and link to the website that is tracking Elon's jet, knowing full well the dude's Twitter account just got banned for doing exactly that.
    Journalists: I'm shocked I'm no longer special and that I have to follow the same rules as these common peasants!

    Fixed that for you, bud.
    Also some, not ALL of the journalists he banned had posted links to an account that tracked his private jet. Facts are important.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Solkern View Post
    That’s quite an assumption, that’s like saying if you buy a gun, your main intent is to kill someone. Quite ridiculous, much like your statement.
    It's like, not the same at all.

    When I buy a gun it doesn't involve an involuntary second party. If I track a second parties whereabouts, it involves a second party by default.

    These are not the same thing, like...at all. It's creepy that you are incapable of telling the difference.
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    Interesting to note that all of the information the software the young man was using on his website to track Elon's and other's planes uses public information about flights.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Neveragain View Post
    It's like, not the same at all.

    When I buy a gun it doesn't involve an involuntary second party. If I track a second parties whereabouts, it involves a second party by default.

    These are not the same thing, like...at all. It's creepy that you are incapable of telling the difference.
    What is the purpose of a gun? The main purpose? Does it involve another target? It’s annoying that you don’t know this.
    Him tracking jets using publicly used software, and claiming his main purpose is to get money, is just as stupid as saying the main purpose of me having a gun is to shoot someone.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Neveragain View Post
    The Constitution is not the Declaration of Independence. (I'm not at all surprised that you don't know this)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Neveragain View Post
    "That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government." ~ The Constitution

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    Quote Originally Posted by Seran View Post
    Interesting to note that all of the information the software the young man was using on his website to track Elon's and other's planes uses public information about flights.
    And that's fine, just like it's fine that Elon banned people helping the "young man" distribute his whereabouts.

    Nobody did anything wrong, though, only ones side is doing wrong.


    The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane. ~ Marcus Aurelius
    “It's a beautiful thing, the destruction of words.”
    ― George Orwell, 1984

    “The urge to shout filthy words at the top of his voice was as strong as ever.”
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    Quote Originally Posted by Neveragain View Post
    And that's fine, just like it's fine that Elon banned people helping the "young man" distribute his whereabouts.

    Nobody did anything wrong, though, only ones side is doing wrong.
    No, you're right he didn't do anything wrong and that is the point about private business. What he did do was trash his own claims about bringing about a new age of transparency and anti-censorship to Twitter, singlehandedly banning reporters and detractors like the authoritarian he was born under. He's taking all the actions that Twitter's content moderation board previously reviewed and voted on as a group himself, a fulltime job that's taken away his oversight of other businesses which are rapidly devaluing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Solkern View Post
    What is the purpose of a gun?
    It doesn't matter. Your argument sucked, just like this one.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Seran View Post
    No, you're right he didn't do anything wrong
    I know.


    The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane. ~ Marcus Aurelius
    “It's a beautiful thing, the destruction of words.”
    ― George Orwell, 1984

    “The urge to shout filthy words at the top of his voice was as strong as ever.”
    ― George Orwell, 1984

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