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California man arrested for threatening to kill FCC Chairman Ajit Pai's family over net neutrality
A 33-year-old resident of Norwalk, California was arrested today for sending threatening emails to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai last year, according to the US Department of Justice. The threats, sent by an individual named Makara Man, were made primarily in the second of three messages sent to Pai's official FCC email accounts in late December, just days after the FCC voted to repeal net neutrality protections.
The first email allegedly accused Pai of causing the suicide of a teenager through his actions that led to the net neutrality vote. The second email contained an explicit threat against members of Pai's family, as well as a listing of three locations in and around Arlington, Virginia where Pai is said to live. The third email allegedly contained a photo of Pai and a separate photo of Pai and his family.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by frojack on Sunday July 01 2018, @05:55PM (5 children)
THREATENING violence is never productive for long. People just get more entrenched. Ask Antifa how its working out for them.
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(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday July 01 2018, @07:29PM (4 children)
Well, yeah. You only make the threat once (if that). Then you go from threat to fact. Any other way and you don't get taken seriously.
That said, I find that threats of wild and inventive punishment that you would never actually carry out work far better with kids than threats of realistic punishment that you absolutely would. Like "Boy, you don't quit that I'm gonna choke you till your eyes pop out then make myself a peanut butter and eye-jelly sammich." for instance.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by frojack on Sunday July 01 2018, @07:54PM (3 children)
Was being taken seriously ever the primary motive?
Everyone already knows the issue at hand. Civil discussion has failed at this point.
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No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 4, Informative) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday July 01 2018, @08:46PM
Well, I dunno about you but I prefer people always take threats from me seriously. I dislike having to leave heads on pikes outside; they draw flies and smell a bit whiffy in the summer.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by lentilla on Monday July 02 2018, @12:13AM (1 child)
Being taken seriously is an essential human need. When someone makes a threat they are telegraphing a critical need to be taken more seriously. This need can be met in a variety of ways: submission ("oh my God, please don't hit me!"), escalation ("fuck you, motherfucker, I'm gonna fuck you up real good!") or compassionate hearing ("I sense you are angry about the situation - would you be able to describe how you feel?"). All three of those responses meets that need to be taken seriously, and ironically; the third response; the only one that has a chance of a lasting accord; is the hardest to deliver.
Unravelling needs from threats isn't always easy, or exactly clear-cut. There will be many times when there is no middle ground - but when both parties feel they have been listened to respectfully and their needs heard, they are in a far better position to negotiate a solution or even to accept a loss.
(Score: 4, Informative) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday July 02 2018, @02:29AM
Actually, violence (escalation) has been the means to most lasting resolutions throughout history. It's just not PC to say so anymore.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.