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**IodinkBoilk** · 06-27-2010, 04:17 AM

Another red herring, Paul. If I have a colleague at work who makes that statement in an email, said colleague actually has the physical ability to punch me in real life. That's not the case here, so the analogy doesn't hold. In this case, the statement is really only a figure of speech, not a genuine threat to you or anyone else.

Surely you must have some concept of literal vs figurative speech?

Mein gott I thought you said the reason was that one could not actually punch another person through a computer screen. Now you have changed that to one of distance. (unless you are claiming that at your workplace one can actual have actual physical contact with another through their screen?). What is the distance that you can make threats is it feet, yards, miles, across county or state lines, what is your magical distance in which threats can be made, and not punished? Are there any corporations or government bodies that have this magical distance clause in their Employee Handbooks? This is why I included a national corporation (in case you worked for a small employer) in my example, because it is certain that if a person in the Toledo branch office emailed the following (I have) ... strong desire to reach through the internet and punch you. to a colleague in Santa Fe that person would be unlikely to use physical distance as a mitigating factor in his termination process. True he might not have the local police called on him, but as to his immediate suspension pending termination, say bye.

Though it is nice to have you admit that what echinacea said does indeed constitute a threat of violence

06-27-2010, 04:17 AM	#9
IodinkBoilk Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 453 Senior Member	Another red herring, Paul. If I have a colleague at work who makes that statement in an email, said colleague actually has the physical ability to punch me in real life. That's not the case here, so the analogy doesn't hold. In this case, the statement is really only a figure of speech, not a genuine threat to you or anyone else. Surely you must have some concept of literal vs figurative speech? Mein gott I thought you said the reason was that one could not actually punch another person through a computer screen. Now you have changed that to one of distance. (unless you are claiming that at your workplace one can actual have actual physical contact with another through their screen?). What is the distance that you can make threats is it feet, yards, miles, across county or state lines, what is your magical distance in which threats can be made, and not punished? Are there any corporations or government bodies that have this magical distance clause in their Employee Handbooks? This is why I included a national corporation (in case you worked for a small employer) in my example, because it is certain that if a person in the Toledo branch office emailed the following (I have) ... strong desire to reach through the internet and punch you. to a colleague in Santa Fe that person would be unlikely to use physical distance as a mitigating factor in his termination process. True he might not have the local police called on him, but as to his immediate suspension pending termination, say bye. Though it is nice to have you admit that what echinacea said does indeed constitute a threat of violence
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