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I remember googling my professor at university one year to find out that he had been criminally convicted for hacking the site of client that never paid him. I would never have guessed otherwise, he was a jovial guy. Screwing people out of money quickly brings out an aggressive response in most.

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how much was the sentence ? was it worth it in the end or was it such an angry reaction that your prof forgot to anticipate the cost ?

> an aggressive response in most.

The word you're after is defensive. If you've been ripped off, you are not the aggressor.

Indeed, but aggressive defense is not an oxymoron.

That entirely depends on the action you choose to take after being ripped off. Being ripped off doesn't give you a blank check to do whatever you want. If someone fails to pay you, you can prevent delivery of the service they failed to pay for. Anything beyond that and you are the aggressor.

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