Threats of violence

Veiled Prophet of Khorasan
by Veiled Prophet of Khorasan
14-Feb-2012
 

 

We on the IC are used to verbal arguments. Basiji or Zionist labels are tossed around like rice in a wedding ! But for most part these are verbal. People do not threaten each other with bodily harm. Up to now only one person on IC threatened me with physical harm. I brought it up to the admin when it happened. The admin replied that the person is not serious and I dropped the issue.

However the recent threats on two blogs have a more alarming nature. They are not as simple to dismiss as the previous one. I am writing this blog to alert people to dangers of threats and to start a discussion. We on IC need to condemn threats of violence and to get some rules put in and applied. Otherwise we are asking for trouble.

My suggestion is that any threat of violence be taken at face value and very seriously. We all have families and do not want them in danger. Therefore I request the admin warn and then ban anyone making threats of violence. Threats of violence are illegal in America. What happens if a poster on IC is physically attacked and God forbid harmed? This is why we need to put a damper on such behavior.

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Anahid Hojjati

Dear VPK, which two blogs

by Anahid Hojjati on

are you talking about and who made the threats?


Fesenjoon2

maryam

by Fesenjoon2 on

It's never too late.

Just simply abandon your current username, and make a new one, and use that all the time from now on. (and dont mention the connection between the old and new names ever anywhere).

I used to use my real name on the internet. I paid heavily for it.  


Maryam Hojjat

anglophile, I agree with you once &

by Maryam Hojjat on

It is this time. I regret using my real name.


anglophile

A lesson for those who favour exposing identities

by anglophile on

  Thank you for this very alarming blog. This type of threat provides for a strong case for the use of non-real usernames. I wonder what certain users who advocate for the exposure of real identities, and one of them writes on one the two blogs you mentioned, have to say. Anonymity on the internet is a gurantor of free speech. It is a right not a previlige.