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LexiMax|2 months ago

A very commonly banned book here in the United States - at least historically - is The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. There's a specific chapter that my mind has returned to, again and again, in situations where anonymous cowards issue threats from behind the veil of anonymity:

https://americanliterature.com/author/mark-twain/book/the-ad...

The older I get, the more I think that there is wisdom in the words of Col. Sherburn on the cowardice of the average person.

By the way, I wonder if HN is aware of whose alt account this is. If they are, I wonder if they would punish the original poster for issuing threats on an anonymous account. I...admit that I don't have high hopes, but I live to be surprised.