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Re:'We good now China?' South Park creators issue mock apology by SomeOldThrow on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @01:41PM (#21194841)
This is true of all countries. Try posting threats about federal employees and you will also get arrested.
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Re:'We good now China?' South Park creators issue mock apology by goatlover on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @01:45PM (#21194905)
Threatening someone's life is a bit different from a cartoon, and it should get anyone arrested in any country, with some consideration of context, of course.
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Re:'We good now China?' South Park creators issue mock apology by greedo on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @02:08PM (#21195162)
I was under the understanding that words generally don't rise to the legal definition of assault (at least in the US).
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Re:'We good now China?' South Park creators issue mock apology by munmaek on Thursday October 10, 2019 @01:02AM (#21211065)
"words" doesn't mean anything. Making a death threat isn't just "words". [0]

https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution-conan/amendment-1/t...

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