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Re:The naughty username checking system used by Twitch by qwerty456127 on Thursday October 07, 2021 @05:44AM (#28784177)
> But you can say the same thing about verbally threatening physical harm

No, verbally threatening physical harm induces reasonable fear and affects your logical reasoning because now you have to consider real risk.

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Re:The naughty username checking system used by Twitch by wnkrshm on Thursday October 07, 2021 @06:40AM (#28784549)
Trying to hurt someone with words also induces a reasonable assumption of that person wishing you ill. You don't know how far they will go in either case.
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