[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

As to the blackmail/bride issue:

All blackmailers are being bribed to keep silent. All takers of bribes are, by taking it, transforming into a blackmailer as the cash rolls in. The fact that payment was ongoing leaves both sides looking guilty. It works both ways.

[wiggen]

“All takers of bribes are, by taking it, transforming into a blackmailer as the cash rolls in”
tsk tsk you’re making things up. Blackmailing is an action. Taking a bribe is generally speaking , passive.