since9
Campaign Veteran
"If I have a knife, I would slit your throat."
Sounds pretty threatening on the surface, doesn't it? Apparently, prosecutors thought so.
However, that's a big "if," isn't it? It's not even correct grammar, which would be "If I had a knife, I would slit your throat." Furthermore, since the man didn't have a knife, how could he slit the other person's throat?
Yeah, I know - the guy was acting like a bully and a jerk, actually assaulting his fellow passenger then further threatening FBI agents and police.
So... Throw the book at him? Or should they confer with the 60-year-old's doctor and assess whatever meds he may be on, or rule out (perhaps factor in) understandable reasons as to why he was behaving as he was.
Sounds pretty threatening on the surface, doesn't it? Apparently, prosecutors thought so.
However, that's a big "if," isn't it? It's not even correct grammar, which would be "If I had a knife, I would slit your throat." Furthermore, since the man didn't have a knife, how could he slit the other person's throat?
Yeah, I know - the guy was acting like a bully and a jerk, actually assaulting his fellow passenger then further threatening FBI agents and police.
So... Throw the book at him? Or should they confer with the 60-year-old's doctor and assess whatever meds he may be on, or rule out (perhaps factor in) understandable reasons as to why he was behaving as he was.