Comment on Update: Unity office death threat was made by a Unity employee

• SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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  • FaceDeer@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Because a threat is not an attempt. Most likely they had absolutely no intention to carry through with it.

    It's still bad but saying "I'm gonna kill you" is not the same as actually trying to kill you.

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    • SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Because a threat is not an attempt…but saying “I’m gonna kill you” is not the same as actually trying to kill you.

      Obviously, but you don’t ignore it either. You don’t wait for a DUI to crash before doing something about the threat. Say you’d like to shoot the president and see if the secret service ignores you.

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      • FaceDeer@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        You said that he didn't kill anyone because he got caught first. Which implies that if he didn't get caught he would have actually killed someone.

        They really aren't the same. It's a common fallacy on the Internet to lunge straight to the worst possible case and equate that to whatever it is you're arguing, but it really isn't the same. Sure, the secret service won't ignore you if you say you'd like to shoot the president. But will their reaction be the same as if you've smuggled a gun in to a press conference and are spotted actively moving to get near him? Obviously not, because what I said remains true. Simply saying "I'm gonna kill you" is not the same as actually trying to kill you.

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