Violence and the advocate mindset [LWN.net]

Violence and the advocate mindset

Posted Nov 24, 2003 17:13 UTC (Mon) by dank (guest, #1865)
Parent article: A Heads Up to the Media (Groklaw)

I'm not so sure that the threats of violence are feigned.
Several times I've found myself so angry at the SCO
execs that my fight-or-flight reflex was engaged.
Who's to say that some (slightly) less well adjusted
Linux advocate might not have reacted by sending
nasty email containing a threat? It's not at all unlikely.
All it takes is one or two people off the end of the bell
curve.

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Evidence of threat?

Posted Nov 24, 2003 17:41 UTC (Mon) by sreed (guest, #4006) [Link]

Sure, it MAY have happened.

But, SCO certainly has an axe to grind and would benefit from the PR if some nutcase in the FOSS community actually did make a threat.

Only, where is the evidence? Where is the proof? Where is a copy of the e-mail? A recording of the phone call message? ANYTHING except SCO's word for it?

It is just more unsubstantiated "facts" from the SCO people. Apparently, the local police did not know of the matter, and they should if a threat actually occurred.

Take their story with a grain of salt.