Reply #27: and how is the intent known... [View All]

[salin]

in terms of "no intent"? One has to look at context to try to get a sense of intent, since one doesn't have a line into another person's mind.

If one has violent thoughts such as these, frequently enough to feel no compunction as to express them to others, one should seek help. If one receives such communications of such violent thoughts - indicating that the person not only has the thoughts but feels confident enough to express them with no sense that some might recoil (eg no sense of empathy for recipients) one should be very concerned... and if one receives one from someone - within a very short time frame that the person is likely to have been a party to what is reported as a violent crime - one should notify the authorities.