I know there are a ton of words that we could all fill that blank with. It really depends on who you are and I suppose even just how your day/week/month/year/life went or is going.

I had an interesting thought and did a bit of wondering about it before I finally decided to post something here about it.

Now, we all know it's illegal to threaten someone with physical or fatal harm. I wonder though, is it illegal to tell someone that you would do something to them IF it were a legal course of action? Basically, is it a threat if you hinge it on terms of the act somehow or at some point becoming legal in the future?

I'll give you a more complete example. Say for instance that I felt "wronged" by someone due to them committing some overt act against me. Maybe this person did something shitty to me on purpose at work, like calling me out in front of our boss when they knew I wasn't prepared. Regardless of the act, let's say that I feel that an equal and correct response would be for me to punch this person in the neck.

Now here is the problem... I know that actually punching this person in the neck would not only be grounds for termination from my current place of employment, I know that it would also be grounds for a lawsuit. If I were to threaten them, I would probably have a similar result.

If I said however that I would commit aforementioned act only if it were of legal recourse to do so... would I incur any penalty?

I think this is the start of an awesome conversation, so I want to see some comments below, especially from people who haven't posted before.


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