>But you think that online personal threats are idle?
A challenge to a sword duel? As I said, I think it is most likely to be an idle threat. In any case, both are a matter of perceptions, and while you seem pretty happy to read people uttering threats (idle or not) as long as they are not directed to one person in particular, I am not.
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