After saying he didn't like threats yesterday, in a completely different context, turns out that someone did threaten Danny Williams on Monday evening.
The Premier claims a group of four men an approached him as he tried to get into his car. One of them said words to the effect of "we'll get you".
Police are investigating and there may be charges.
Ok. Yesterday's threat was of disrupting the House of Assembly and threats against the Premier's political future, either implicit or explicit.
But like I said, threats have no place in politics.
Period.
Many years ago, there were threats uttered against another Premier. Some were the kind that gave you a cold sweat. Others were the kind of bluster we see all too often in politics.
One gizmo called into Nite Line back then and talked about how someone needed to push the then-Premier into a van and break his legs out somewhere in the woods. As I recall, the host - sometimes still on the air, unfortunately, - was egging callers on and said absolutely nothing - not a word - to denounce that kind of talk.
Like I said, threats have no place in civilized society.
Same goes for the morons who encourage them one way or another.
