Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has described a public threat by the vice president to have him killed by an assassin as a criminal plot and vowed to fight it, in a looming showdown between the country’s top two leaders
Whatever’s going on in your country, it’s probably not as bad as this.
I am not from the Philippines and am not taking sides here, but if someone taked about killing me (even hypothetically) iI would find it a bit threatening too.
Especially if that someone was very specific about it. Like, not shouting angrily “I’ll kill you!” but describing a plan to send a hitman after me.
Again though it wasn’t just a threat - it was a very specific if/then statement - “I’ve arranged it so that if he has me killed, he will be killed.”
Granted that it’s a bit unsettling, my immediate response, and IMO the likely immediate response of virtually anyone and everyone, would be “But I don’t intend to have you killed.”
I am not from the Philippines and am not taking sides here, but if someone taked about killing me (even hypothetically) iI would find it a bit threatening too.
Especially if that someone was very specific about it. Like, not shouting angrily “I’ll kill you!” but describing a plan to send a hitman after me.
Again though it wasn’t just a threat - it was a very specific if/then statement - “I’ve arranged it so that if he has me killed, he will be killed.”
Granted that it’s a bit unsettling, my immediate response, and IMO the likely immediate response of virtually anyone and everyone, would be “But I don’t intend to have you killed.”
…if you tried to murder them. I feel like you’re omitting the most important part.