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Originally Posted by MTVN
But would you expect them to get the same sentence as someone who did actually stab you in the heart?
The lines are being blurred here between potential crimes, and actual crimes, they're not the same thing, you can't create some kind of equivalency between creating a facebook page for a riot and actually causing one, actually causing serious damage, actually causing arson, actually causing theft etc. etc.
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No, but as Niamh touched on the sentences for those that do commit those sorts of crimes are already too short, so they should be extended and those threatening these sorts of crimes should be given these sort of sentences.
I wouldn't expect them [or want them, for that matter], to be given the same sentence as someone who did commit that particular crime, however I would want them to be given a lengthy sentence not only for my personal safety, but also to teach them that even making threats regarding things like that won't be tolerated, just as it shouldn't be.