Originally Posted by
law dawg
Appearances may be just that, once checked out. Or not.
Thusly, the rest of my paragraph: "Appearances do not a threat make. Intention and plausibility matter in the determination of threat."
N.B. The reason I grouped four statements into a single paragraph (in point 2, upthread) was to indicate a complete argument. Had I intended each statement as a non sequitur I would have made them separate paragraphs.