It is very rare that people will get so het up, to the extent that they send threatening emails just by themselves. Often these people have strong attachments to friends and the gaming communities they are a part of. A lot of human behaviour can be seen as driven by the need to bond and maintain bonds.
Generally these people feel that they have the backing or a silent nod from the people they hang out or game with. It is easy to see how people who use emotive language, such as myself, can unintentionally amplify hostility and provide 'justification' for acts that cannot really be justified.
I think it helps to reflect on one's own actions and their possible ramifications.
So, then I got thinking about Bryan's twitter feed of late. When he said something to the effect of 'let it burn' and expressed a Nietzschean sentiment that we must destroy in order to create, well, I thought precisely who or what is he referring to?
Considering the alleged threatening emails that were sent to King Leer from either Russ or Bryan, the want and desire that MWLL end and the alleged forced closure (note it is my belief that these events did occur, not all agree), and the fact that Bryan's twitter grammar implies a target that is in disagreement, well, yeah.
Would you expect anything other than a hostile email when you use such emotive language yourself?
I would like to end by stressing that I am NOT saying that this is the definitive interpretation of Bryan's twitter feed. I am just exploring one way it could be interpreted and read by others, in order to understand why people would send threatening emails.
Edited by Purplefluffybunny, 11 April 2013 - 05:06 AM.