My (somewhat speculative) impression is that the shock that he expresses about receiving the letter isn’t just at the letter itself, but at a legal system that is letting this happen to the extent that it happens at all. By that, I mean that the rule of law is most powerful when it’s acting preventatively — when people are deterred from breaking laws before they break them.
The people who sent the death threats believed they could intimidate without fear of reprisal from the law, and it seems they were right. I can imagine how this might be jarring to someone working to fight modern slavery, where the law is one of the tools used against employers who are exploiting workers in this manner.
My (somewhat speculative) impression is that the shock that he expresses about receiving the letter isn’t just at the letter itself, but at a legal system that is letting this happen to the extent that it happens at all. By that, I mean that the rule of law is most powerful when it’s acting preventatively — when people are deterred from breaking laws before they break them.
The people who sent the death threats believed they could intimidate without fear of reprisal from the law, and it seems they were right. I can imagine how this might be jarring to someone working to fight modern slavery, where the law is one of the tools used against employers who are exploiting workers in this manner.