erikahammerschmidt:

once again, reading some of the vitriol on various posts lately, I feel i must reiterate that it is never, never a good idea to threaten violence against someone.

because

  1. if you make threats you are not prepared to follow through on, you will lose the respect of friend and foe alike
  2. if you DO intend to follow through with the violence, then making the threat in the first place will ruin the element of surprise