[vonklaus]

I have been thinking about this more and more lately. It is a security problem, not a social one.

>So let's fix it.

I posted a thread earlier today trying to solicit advise about solving this and posted some of my own advise. I realized that there is a lot that can be done but I was focusing on the attacker. This is much more about defense than it is about offense.

[Lalabadie]

> This is much more about defense than it is about offense.

What you seem to mean by this is "I don't believe we can prevent threats from being sent".

Harassment is also a cultural issue. A vast amount of people live among a circle of friends who believe that sending things like death threats in anonymous emails is something that can be done light-heartedly. It's what transpires when people downplay the situation by saying "They can't be serious" or to "Just ignore them".

You mix up the need to stop an offender in action, with the need to remove the situations in which someone becomes an offender. Changing this "acceptable threat" culture is the offense you describe as less relevant, but it's key to a long-term change.

[purp]

Exactly right. Make it wholely unacceptable to make these "threats-in-jest" and a lot of the problem goes away.

[purp]

Thank you for thinking about this. It's a very worthy topic for thought. If you'd care to link the thread you mention, I'm sure others would like to help.

BTW, a very good primer on learning how to be helpful is http://juliepagano.com/blog/2014/05/10/so-you-want-to-be-an-...