But it has to be psychologically damaging to receive these packages/threats.There is harm being done here.
It’s like getting a dead canary mailed to you. You’ll forever be looking over your shoulder. Don’t forget the suspicious substances sent to that tabloid in Florida. People died in one of those instances - I don’t have the details at hand but the whole thing disrupted the mail system for a long time.
Yes, it is still an illegal, terrorist act, even if you are sending fake anthrax.
Yes it has to be. This is like calling in a fake bomb alert. You still go to jail for it. Or people who are taken to jail for selling fake drugs.
I agree, it would be very unnerving.
I think it’s important to treat this kind of harassment as a serious issue, it’s also important to report events with more accuracy and less hysteria. It was NOT an assassination attempt. But it was a serious threat and a harassing act.