I continue (I admit) to wonder why this isn't common sense. Say you were trying to defend something dear to you... and then someone came up to you and said, "Hey, here's some money, that's a good trade for what you believe in, right?"

Wouldn't you be offended at the intimation that you could be bought? And wouldn't increasing the amount only offend you more, as if the idiot making the offer couldn't comprehend that, no, the AMOUNT of the material reward isn't the question?