Comments on: Anti-Arab Bigotry from a Former FSO http://xrdarabia.org/2007/08/22/anti-arab-bigotry-from-a-former-fso/ Informed comment and commentary about Saudi Arabia, reform, and its relations with the US Wed, 23 May 2012 19:37:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: John Burgess http://xrdarabia.org/2007/08/22/anti-arab-bigotry-from-a-former-fso/comment-page-1/#comment-3573 John Burgess Thu, 23 Aug 2007 02:30:20 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/2007/08/22/anti-arab-bigotry-from-a-former-fso/#comment-3573 The personal e-mails and phone calls are what will do him in, I suspect. A generalized threat is unactionable, just as rude statements about a person--or his religion--are unactionable. When you start naming names, it becomes far more serious and direct. The personal e-mails and phone calls are what will do him in, I suspect. A generalized threat is unactionable, just as rude statements about a person–or his religion–are unactionable. When you start naming names, it becomes far more serious and direct.

]]> By: Solomon2 http://xrdarabia.org/2007/08/22/anti-arab-bigotry-from-a-former-fso/comment-page-1/#comment-3571 Solomon2 Thu, 23 Aug 2007 00:28:00 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/2007/08/22/anti-arab-bigotry-from-a-former-fso/#comment-3571 I read the indictment. Syring said some pretty murderous stuff. Pictures were also included, though not in the given link. I note that none of his words constituted <i>specific</i>, personal threats but hateful slogans. The "Death to ----" slogans remind me of burning a cross on someone's lawn: a statement not personally targeted in words, but clearly a threat of violence aimed at the recipient. Syring goes down. I read the indictment. Syring said some pretty murderous stuff. Pictures were also included, though not in the given link.

I note that none of his words constituted specific, personal threats but hateful slogans. The “Death to —-” slogans remind me of burning a cross on someone’s lawn: a statement not personally targeted in words, but clearly a threat of violence aimed at the recipient. Syring goes down.

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