Originally Posted By: olivant

That's very interesting, Oli. Now I know the libertarians are going to scream about a slippery slope here. But I personally think that if you threaten someone on the Internet with bodily harm that you should be held accountable.

And I fully realize that 90 percent of the people making the threats are kids and/or bitter young adults living in their parents basements, but it's that ten percent that you have to look out for. If one person gets hurt after being threatened online, then the freedom of speech argument falls apart.

I mean, if you threaten someone to their face there are legal consequences. This is a whole new world we live in. Threatening someone online shouldn't be handled any differently.

My two cents.


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