Dave was returning fire at Paul 
 about threat on Leslie 
 PN>        My non-lawyer opinion is that while nasty, this is obviously
 PN>nowhere near a "true threat", and I wonder if calling it a "death threat"
 PN>was part of the maneuvering over the controversy, combined with a dash
 PN>of anti-Internet politicing.
 DA> Sounded like a death threat to me.  His mealy-mouthed
 DA> "explanation" in the 2nd message does nothing to lessen the
 DA> threat of the first, which stands alone.
 Motive, Means, Opportunity?
 I tend to agree with the original poster.  I just plain don't see a
 credible threat.  But we all have differing degrees of "reasonable," so
 I suggest that both of us can be "right."
 I suspect it will come down to how 12 (supposed) "reasonable" people
 perceive it.
 DA> If the kid really "didn't mean it", then you can thank modern
 DA> liberal education for the fact that a 19 year old doesn't know
 DA> what words mean, and doesn't know how to phrase a "what if" type
 DA> of hypothetical statement.  If I had received, or been the
 DA> subject of, such a message, I definitely would have taken it to
 DA> the local prosecutor.
 Perhaps I've heard more threats than you.  Most are hyperbole.  If
 everybody who ever stated "I'm gonna kill you" were in jail...well, you
 and I would be lonely here on this echo .
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