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sinebar · #16 (**permalink**) 09-18-2009

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Originally Posted by Mrs. M

A threat is "I will kill you"...stating "He deserves to be killed" is not the same thing. I know quite of few people that deserve to die but that doesn't mean I'm threatening to kill them. The problem is that anti-gun freaks latch on to the least little thing to try and justify their warped minds but fail miserably.

I don't think they'll be able to get a conviction. It's my understanding, though I'm not a legal expert, that the threat must be direct and imminent. Of course we may not have all the facts.

wiggidy · #17 (**permalink**) 09-18-2009

Who cares if he thinks they should be killed? There are plenty of people I think should be killed, doesn't mean I'm going to do it.

edit: Just another example of judges thinking they are better than everybody else. I fucking hate the legal system.

sinebar · #18 (**permalink**) 09-18-2009

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Originally Posted by Sunshine

This is the kind of rhetoric one sees on discussion boards all the time. People are always stating what they think would be just desserts for some famous person. I would wonder where does hyperbole end and a real threat begins? Who gets to decide?

Law.com - Blogger Charged With Threatening 7th Circuit Judges Gets Home Confinement

Where does it end? What about statements to other posters like 'watch your back' or 'I've got your number?'

Well there may be more to this guy than I thought. Go to this link and read down the page at what he stated in regard to other government officials.

Hal Turner, Talk Radio Host, Facing Charges For Inciting Violence Against Officials

If he really stated that then he is obviously a nut. However the source is from the huffington post, first link I clicked on in my google search, so you may need to confirm it.

Sunshine · #19 (**permalink**) 09-18-2009

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Originally Posted by sinebar

If that's all he said where's the threat? I thought a threat had to be direct and imminent.

Are you familiar with the term 'veiled threat?'

wiggidy · #20 (**permalink**) 09-18-2009

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Originally Posted by Sunshine

Are you familiar with the term 'veiled threat?'

Is that the same as the term "increased legal bullshit"?

Sunshine · #21 (**permalink**) 09-18-2009

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Originally Posted by wiggidy

Is that the same as the term "increased legal bullshit"?

wiggidy · #22 (**permalink**) 09-18-2009

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Originally Posted by Sunshine

As in, first we have direct threats, then somebody important one day experienced a 'veiled threat' so they petitioned for it to be illegal even though it doesn't really pose that much of a threat at all.

This is how the legal system works, if it's not working for you, increase the bullshit.

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