She didn't quit because of the threat.ArnRand said:There's been a spate of high profile threats here in the UK, mainly against women in the public eye, based on some controversy about who should go an our banknotes. And there's a topic about a Bioware writer who apparently quit over threats to her family, so this seems topical.
Here's my position: The person being threatened should be able to press charges against the threatener, and no one else should be able to get involved. The punishment should be a big fine or a few weeks in jail. Repeat offences should have harsher punishments.
What's your opinion?
No one else should be able to get involved? What does that even mean? So the "victim" has a right to press charges but the police are not allowed to arrest the "suspect" because that would mean getting involved?
Will this only apply to women or public figures, or will everyone be going to jail over this? I get about a hundred death threats from random people every few years, will all of them get to spend time in prison or pay a massive fine?
There are far more important things going on in your country right now, which may explain why there is so much strange misplaced rage directed towards public figures. But please, keep talking about how we need cyber bullying or "hurt feelings protection" laws. Everyone knows that threats are rare enough that it would never bog down law enforcement to the point of them being completely incapable of doing anything.
And people say Americans are stupid. It's not a country thing, it's a generation thing.
EDIT: Death threats are a daily thing for public figures. To say that it's a "new trend" or that it's mostly happening to women is completely dishonest or at best ignorant.
Just because the news suddenly reports something more doesn't mean it's actually happening more often.