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Threatening is not doing... does that make it "OK"?

I answered depends - it depends on whether or not the threat was a credible threat. "ill kill u lolol" on an Internet forum != a 100-kg man walking up to you in the streets at night and demanding your money or your life.

A threat to kill is always an offensive act in and of itself. 

I agree 100%

The obvious answer is "No," but there will always be exception cases (primarily plays/performances. Angry shouting spouses will need to assess for themselves how serious the threat was after cooling down, but if we're going to have laws, I wouldn't be too bothered by a law that even punished such a "heat of the moment" statement.)

People threaten to kill me all the time. I accept it.

The actual question is what "OK" means, and whether situations exist where it is correct to do things not considered "OK".

A less extreme example: I don't think it is OK to steal. But if someone's life depends on me stealing some cheap object, of course I will do it, and figure out means of compensation afterward. Real life has an incredible amount of possible situations, it shouldn't be hard to think up one in which a death threat is appropriate.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Theory_of_Communicative_Action
To cut the long story short. Communication is action.
So your assumption: "Threatening is not doing" is symply wrong.

In somewhat other words: Threaten to kill me could easily kill you. Its questing the law of supply and demand.
Others go to gym for relaxing whilst I chop firewood. So my axe is never far away plus I am skilled in using it.
Guess what, for me it would be fine as self defense is legal around here.
Even better, a knife with a blade less than an inch could be considered an illicit weapon though my chopper is not, it´s a tool not but never weapon.

 ... aggreed totally confusing! But ok for me. :P

Well said.

So don't these poll results conflict with those of the freedom of speech poll?

You can only threaten to do what you have the right to do. You don't have the right to kill me. Therefore, you can't threaten to kill me. You have the right to tell my dirty secrets. Therefore, you have the right to threaten to tell my dirty secrets.

Somehow I find that hard to believe  :o.

Hahahaha!

I wonder what that means? lol

Why that? Would talking help in such a case?

Well - it's a courtesy, which shows compassion. Telling someone you'll murder them is not just OK, it's admirable. The murderer is giving up the element of surprise to tell the victim truth.

I see its a quest of vanity.  ;D