{"id":145,"date":"2012-05-05T11:49:44","date_gmt":"2012-05-05T11:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.andylangager.net\/starwars\/?p=145"},"modified":"2012-05-05T11:49:44","modified_gmt":"2012-05-05T11:49:44","slug":"thermal-detonators-banned-as-negotiation-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andylangager.net\/starwars\/?p=145","title":{"rendered":"Thermal detonators banned as negotiation tool"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.andylangager.net\/starwars\/wp-content\/plugins\/facebook-button-plugin\/images\/standard-facebook-ico.png\" alt=\"Fb-Button\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.andylangager.net\/starwars\/?p=145\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"225px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-146\" title=\"Detonator\" src=\"http:\/\/www.andylangager.net\/starwars\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/thermal01.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"148\" \/>CORUSCANT\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Starting Tuesday, thermal detonators will no longer be a legal means of business negotiation.<\/p>\n<p>The handheld devices capable of creating a powerful, localized explosion, has long been a tool of last resort for bounty hunters, gangsters, and stock traders.<\/p>\n<p>Simply the threat of holding a thermal detonator can usually sway the negotiation dramatically in favor of he (or she) who holds\u00a0it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was once in a meeting with this guy who wanted to buy some Mos Eisley real estate,&#8221; said Jur Klouw of Tatooine. &#8220;Things weren&#8217;t going too well. His bids were way too low for what the property was worth.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Then on his last offer he says, &#8216;I&#8217;ll give you 15,000 credits. Oh, and I&#8217;m holding a thermal detonator. That pretty much sealed the deal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Effective as they may be, lawmakers say the detonators as a bargaining chip is just plain unfair.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Meesa thinks it&#8217;sa just platootie!&#8221; said Naboo Senator Jar Jar Binks. &#8220;A-holdin and a splodin&#8217; must be illegalled!&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CORUSCANT\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Starting Tuesday, thermal detonators will no longer be a legal means of business negotiation. The handheld devices capable of creating<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andylangager.net\/starwars\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andylangager.net\/starwars\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andylangager.net\/starwars\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andylangager.net\/starwars\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andylangager.net\/starwars\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=145"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.andylangager.net\/starwars\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":148,"href":"https:\/\/www.andylangager.net\/starwars\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145\/revisions\/148"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andylangager.net\/starwars\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andylangager.net\/starwars\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andylangager.net\/starwars\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andylangager.net\/starwars\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}