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skookumchuck on Jan 25, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Google Urged the U.S. to Limit Protection for Acti...

Force: do this or I will beat you or kill you or imprison you

Not Force: do this or I won't give you something of mine

Apocryphon on Jan 25, 2019 [–]

Also Force: do this or I will undercut you, bankrupt you, or sue you into oblivion

skookumchuck on Jan 26, 2019 | [–]

Suing is using force via the legal system. Undercutting someone is not. "bankrupting" someone depends on how they go about it.

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