The Reign of Intimidation

Whether you have been threatened with extortion, blackmail, or have been promised danger or harm, we have all at sometime been held under the downward pressure of someone else's thumb.

When someone makes a statement such as "If you don't do this, then I will tell her what you did last weekend" history would have it that we should kneel helplessly at the foot of the hector and beg for his mercy. As you'll come to know in this blog, these people are using nothing more than sophisticated scare tactics that more commonly are found to be as ineffectual as their pathetic existence.

So what's in a threat? Well typically, someone who makes a threat is after something that he or she believes you owe them. It is important to both exploit precisely what this person wants from you and to also call upon the exact details of the 'threatened harm' that is pending should you choose not to surrender to this persons demands. Psychologically speaking, revenge is the lowest form of retaliation so, when you ask an intimidator the exact ramifications that are promised, typically there will be slight embarrassment attached when they attempt to explain them. Remember, they too know how low they have had to concede in order to gain a "one up" on you so make sure to draw as much attention to their "imminent destruction" as possible.

The next important factor to consider is this saying - "Most choose words that alarm, over actions that harm" meaning, should you receive a death threat in the mail, detailing in graphic how you will meet your maker, this typically regardless of it's horror factor, holds a relatively low threat of actual violence as a predictable outcome.

Finally if you fall victim to an extortionist, stand your ground and assert that the aggressor should indeed release the so-called "sensitive" information...Nine times out of ten these individuals do not follow through with their actions anyway. Remember, no one on this planet has the authorization to hold you under their jurisdiction, and if they are audacious enough to believe that they can, introduce their non-existing balls to your left foot. Booyah baby.