• xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org
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    11 hours ago

    The killer is not threatening to you until semeone decides that you deserve to be killed.

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      6 hours ago

      Yes, exactly. I don’t think there is anyone in the world who knows me and believes that I, specifically, deserve to be killed. I think almost every person feels the same way. The rare exception being someone who has intentionally profoundly harmed or killed people.

    • mm_maybe@sh.itjust.works
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      6 hours ago

      I see you getting downvoted but a lot of doctors get death threats too, and while everyone seems to have a horror story about a doctor they didn’t like, I’m pretty sure most are the scapegoats of a broken system. So yeah, while Luigi’s target was well-chosen, I don’t trust every vigilante to be as smart.

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        2 hours ago

        You mean Brian Robert Thompson?

        It’s a long standing tradition to refer to serial killers by their full name. Think John Wayne Gacy. It seems appropriate here.

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      10 hours ago

      I would say that if you find this particular killer’s motives personally threatening, you should probably resign from your day job and move into your bunker.

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      10 hours ago

      Someone, maybe, a fair point. It will probably happen at work if at all given the boring, “helper” life I lead.

      But not this guy. That’s the salient point.