PN>Dave was returning fire at Paul
PN> about threat on Leslie
PN> PN>        My non-lawyer opinion is that while nasty, this is obviously
PN> PN>nowhere near a "true threat", and I wonder if calling it a "death 
threat
PN> PN>was part of the maneuvering over the controversy, combined with a dash
PN> PN>of anti-Internet politicing.
PN> DA> Sounded like a death threat to me.  His mealy-mouthed
PN> DA> "explanation" in the 2nd message does nothing to lessen the
PN> DA> threat of the first, which stands alone.
PN> Motive, Means, Opportunity?
PN> I tend to agree with the original poster.  I just plain don't see a
PN> credible threat.  But we all have differing degrees of "reasonable," so
PN> I suggest that both of us can be "right."
My take is that there's a BIG difference between a threat expressed
DIRECTLY to a person, at close range, and a generalized ranting on the
electronic highway to the world in general.
How's this guy -- and you point out -- going to carry out his "threat?"
Is he going to reach through the keyboard, and strangle his target? :-)
A threat cannot be credible if the person uttering it can't carry it
out.
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