Well yeah, I'll agree that it is harsh if you actually mean it.
People make death threats openly all the time. Hell, just the other day a guy cut me off in traffic but thought it was my fault and started cussing me out his window. I heard several "I'll kill you if you even scratch my car" mouth-offs, but I didn't pay them any attention.
Normal people never pay them any attention.
The people we have to worry about are the ones who can't distinguish reality with illusion. If Alyx has actually admitted to having a mental disorder or medical depression, then by all means Feep should apologize; and I've talked to him outside of this thread, if those were the case he would.
We're not trying to be harsh, we're trying to be funny. Taking anything said on this forum seriously is just naive.
I know what you're trying to argue, but that's never been the point because this death threat was never prevalent. It was a casual comment, hell, a picture of a noose. It never even verbally stated "go kill yourself," it was your own interpretation of the joke. That's why this is nonsense to be arguing, that's why this is unimportant. It was a picture and while we can obviously guess the intention, the execution and the conviction state otherwise; if you can't understand that then you need to seriously get on meds.