The anecdote I wrote involves the public posting of a private response to a private message. So there can be no reasonable expectation of privacy. In sum, I think that on the Net, if privacy is expected, then the expectation should be in the explicitly in the message. I appreciate any feedback. Out of any context, the threatener sounds like one more loony tuner.
Many links are reciprocal . . .
No loony tune is going to cause the removal of a link. The nature of the disagreement would have to be extreme. Maybe you should REformulate your hypothetical. If I may be of further assistance to you in the future, please let me know. In the meantime, I want to thank you for your comments about my site.