[plain talk]

Just like Clinton - someone saying something like "his days are numbered" doesn't (at least to me) rise to the level of threatening someone.

Ah - Clinton. You swerved right into it. With Clinton any word can mean anything you want it to mean, right? We all know what those words mean and in common usage it is an explicit threat. The saying is old as the hills. Seems I recall gangsters using that language in old movies. It's a threat aginst someone's life.

But in any event she will have her day in court. No one should be allowed to personally and publicly threaten heads of state without consequence. Hopefully she'll do some time.

[inquest]

We all know what those words mean and in common usage it is an explicit threat. The saying is old as the hills. Seems I recall gangsters using that language in old movies.

It's also used on editorial pages when talking about politicians. You're really straining to see something that just isn't there.

[Stone Mountain]

Ah - Clinton. You swerved right into it. With Clinton any word can mean anything you want it to mean, right?

Yes, but I, and most people posting here have a higher standar.

We all know what those words mean and in common usage it is an explicit threat. The saying is old as the hills. Seems I recall gangsters using that language in old movies. It's a threat aginst someone's life.

The saying depends on the context. If a gangster with a gun tells you your days are numbered, yeah, it's a threat. If a citizen tells a politician his days are numbered, I don't think it's necessarily a threat. More of a prediction that his regime can't last.

No one should be allowed to personally and publicly threaten heads of state without consequence. Hopefully she'll do some time.

Yeah, that will show the world how much the United States values freedom of speech...