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by 0dmethz 2031 days ago
Of course they respond with the obligatory "we'll report this to the authorities", rather than "thank you for pointing this out in a harmless way we'll do better".
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It was humor... The "threatener" was laughing, the audience was laughing, and the journalist laughed too.

Probably the best response you can hope for in the moment.

Hmmmm

>The meeting was ended due to the breach, while a Foreign Affairs Council spokesman told RTL: "Such a breach is illegal and will be reported to the authorities."

The journalist was laughing, but the foreign policy chief just got painted as an emperor without clothes.

And the foreign policy chief was laughing, but I bet he was asking himself "who do I send over there to stop them" while trying to maintain the laughing face.