Let us simplify our analysis so that there can be
no misunderstanding, and examine the one basic cause of
this danger:
Danger is incurred by threatening others.
Let us get it clear-because this may be (al-
ready has beenl) a matter of life and death. Those who
seek power by inflicting fear through threats are the ones
in the greatest danger.
The person who is threatened may be in dan-
ger; the person who makes the threat is in danger.
When one individual threatens another, the
person who makes the threat instantly incurs the resent-
ment, anger and hatred of the person threatened. And is
in grave danger I
The purpose of a threat is to instill fear. But
it does more than create fear and its accompanying in-
security; it instills anger and hate. If anger and hate cannot
be vented by instant violence, they are suppressed, and
seep into the subconscious which, in its hidden ways, seeks
a means of eliminating the fear; therefore, the constant
danger to the one who made the threat which caused the
fear.
One of the most dangerous acts in which one
can indulge, is to threaten another. And let us emphasize
again, the greatest danger is to the person who makes the
threat. The person who is threatened, usually has oppor-
tunity to prepare, and to choose the time, place and method
of acting to halt the implementation of the threat. And,
to retaliate.