Threats like “I'm going to find you and strangle you in your sleep” or “I'm going to set your house on fire” are criminal offenses. Voicing a wish for someone t

Threats like “I'm going to find you and strangle you in your sleep” or “I'm going to set your house on fire” are criminal offenses. Voicing a wish for someone to die in a fire isn't (unless there's a discriminatory nature to the threat). In this case, it wasn't targeted at one person but at a hard to define group. Utterly tasteless? Sure. Illegal? Nah. NB: Since you're Dutch, this site is relevant and shocking: http://www.doodsbedreiging.nl/ http://www.doodsbedreiging.nl/