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WhiteTara

(29,699 posts)
5. Well, he does work in a bar and those places are
Wed Jan 14, 2015, 11:19 AM
Jan 2015

always filled with voices..."barkeep, bring me a red wine."

onecaliberal

(32,811 posts)
8. Any time you randomly threaten to hurt or kill someone
Wed Jan 14, 2015, 11:32 AM
Jan 2015

Or go through with it, your mental state is definitely in question. Why isn't this guy called a thug? He was making terror threats to the speaker.

 

NuclearDem

(16,184 posts)
14. No, it's not.
Wed Jan 14, 2015, 11:51 AM
Jan 2015

Not everyone who commits violence or threatens violence is mentally ill--that's why there are diminished capacity and insanity defenses for those that truly are.

And unless I'm missing something, there were no "terror threats." Threatening to kill someone is not a terroristic threat.

Enrique

(27,461 posts)
12. not a good example, imho
Wed Jan 14, 2015, 11:45 AM
Jan 2015

That's one story which people should NOT be drawing conclusions about, at this point. We don't know if there even was a bombing, much less who did it and why.

dawg

(10,622 posts)
11. No one is willing to address the very real problem we have in this country with ....
Wed Jan 14, 2015, 11:45 AM
Jan 2015

white on orange crime.

 

pintobean

(18,101 posts)
13. The bigger problem is orange on white crime
Wed Jan 14, 2015, 11:50 AM
Jan 2015

Well, orange on everybody, but if I specify orange on white, I get to post this pic.

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