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To: WayneS

That’s a pretty fine distinction you’re making there. Saying the person should be fed into a wood chipper is an incitement to violence, isn’t it? Would a reasonable person consider it a threat if the same poster kept printing similar comments? I think so. This wasn’t apparently just one comment posted in anger.


26 posted on 06/10/2015 5:59:00 AM PDT by CitizenUSA (Proverbs 14:34 Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.)
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To: CitizenUSA

You adding nuance to the the original scenarios I laid does not change that.

And I stand by the distinction I made.


32 posted on 06/10/2015 6:07:38 AM PDT by WayneS (Yeah, it's probably sarcasm...)
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To: CitizenUSA
Saying the person should be fed into a wood chipper is an incitement to violence, isn’t it? Would a reasonable person consider it a threat

Has anyone ever actually fed anyone else into a wood chipper - or is that just the best known scene from the movie Fargo? Citing over-the-top cinematic killings is not a serious threat.

74 posted on 06/10/2015 8:55:09 AM PDT by ConservingFreedom (A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
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