[UA] OT: I don't want to know what is going to happen (long)

[Roger]

Well.... actually I wasn't so much as seeking advice as much as trying to cool
down and think. While I was on the phone with him, I knew I could try and talk
to him. When I put the phone down, I got one of his best friends to talk to
him. I've never believed in jumping to conclusions. Most people are all talk.
But still, I do appreciate how some of you guys feel. But I really wasn't
expecting any answers.

Is that the end of it or do we use more bandwidth?

Roger

John Scott wrote:

> At 23:57 25/05/01 +0800, you wrote:
>
> >And I know where not to turn to for advice.
> >
> >Roger
>
> "Go not to the mailing list for advice, for they will both answer yes and
> no, and make Babylon-5 references"
>
> This is a bad place to ask for advice about what to do about a friend of
> yours who's making threats against someone else. We don't know the parties
> involved.  We don't know the laws of the country you're in. Given how email
> propogates, it could be all over before some of us have read your message.
>
> So what were you expecting the list-members to say? "Wow, that's so cool?"
>
> Tim gave you the same advice I would have if I'd read your mail before
> reading his.  If someone's life is in danger, you ring the police.  Doesn't
> matter if it means your friend would be locked up - if he's in a state
> where he's making threats like that, you've got to assume that he's capable
> of carrying out those threats.  And if you haven't acted because you don't
> want to get him in trouble, and he does hurt someone, you bear some of the
> moral responsibility for that person being hurt.
>
> ObUA: There isn't any.  Flames to private mail, please.
>
> John
>
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