Posted by TexasChic on July 6, 2006, at 12:54:47
In reply to Re: threat against their life, posted by Dr. Bob on July 6, 2006, at 1:12:41
I hope its okay, I'm going repeat what was said to this person.
>It's fine to post that you care about someone, hope they'll be safe, etc.
So if someone recieves an email that says, "you should be cut up and stir fried", you're supposed to say, "I care about you and hope you'll be safe"? How does this get across, "I'm very concerned about this situation and really think you should call the police"?
>And if they really feel they're not safe, they can call the police. Whom I would cooperate with.
But the point is I don't know if the person realized the situation deserved the attention of the police. I'm guessing this might just be an instance when you should babblemail them, rather than risk insulting someone? Is that what you're trying to say? Its hard to remember not to say something negative about a person who said someone else should be chopped up. But I guess that's where the whole civilty problem lies, just usually to a lesser degree (ie you're not supposed to say anything negative about someone no matter what the case).
-T
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