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   Message 89,373 of 90,757   
   David Johnston to All   
   Re: Still another nut case becomes terme   
   12 Apr 15 20:34:09   
   
   XPost: can.politics, bc.politics   
   From: David@block.net   
      
   On 4/12/2015 7:02 PM,  wrote:   
   > On 4/12/2015 5:48 PM, David Johnston wrote:   
   >> It's not terrorist activity.  It's a false threat of terrorist   
   >> activity.  A   
   >> hoax.  Of course the only reason why this is a separate offense from   
   >> other   
   >> death threats and public nuisance complaints is because these days the   
   >> authorities have to freak out so heavily when they get such a threat.   
   >   
   > How does the term "terrorist" belong here?   
   >   
   > Did the person commiting the hoax identify himself as al-qaeda  or ISIS?   
      
   Islamic radicals don't have a monopoly on terrorism.  Never did.  And   
   the news item doesn't reveal the precise details of his threat.   
      
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