Believable physical threats are just as odious, and should be
discouraged as strongly, but they almost never come up on the wiki.
~sj~
On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 01:30:11 -0500, Travis Hite <hite(a)digworld.com> wrote:
Someone on this list said that legal threats are just
another type of, or
another name for, or a euphemism for, personal attacks.
You are incorrect. There is a humongous difference, even though it's easy
to draw a parallel.
The difference between personal attacks and legal threats is the difference
between "I hate you because you're an evil idiot who eats babies" and
"I am
going to break your leg and stab you in the arm tomorrow behind the
supermarket."
I do not believe there should be any tolerance whatsoever for legal
threats. Personal attacks and other mere arguments may be offencive, but
that's all just a part of the debate of Wikipedia, even if it's a rough
part of debate and one to avoid.