03-11-2016, 05:30 PM
(03-11-2016, 05:23 PM)bfine32 Wrote: So long as you don't balk when other's make such assumptions; I suppose you can draw that conclusion even though, he said nothing of the sort. he was asked would you fight and he replied: my opponent doesn't want to fight me. But somehow, someway that became he threatened to beat someone up because he was asked if he would and he didn't say he would.
The conclusions you guys are coming to over this non-commital staement are absolutely hilarious.
Will we go to war with Mexico if they don't take measure to stop illegal immigration? Who knows? I just didn't get an "absolutely" out of that quote that the rest of you did.
A threat 100% implies a willingness to do something.
When someone makes a threat they are saying they are willing to do exactly what they are threatening to do.
It really takes some remarkable mental gymnastics to try and claim a threat is not a clear statement of willingness to do what is threatened. Otherwise the threat is meaningless.
