In this task, you are given a public comment from online platforms. You are expected to classify the comment into two classes: threat and non-threat. Threat is a statement that someone will be hurt or harmed, especially if the person does not do something in particular.

[EX Q]: Comment: This guy needs to learn the other two 'S's. Shoot, shovel, shut up.
[EX A]: Threat

[EX Q]: Comment: .......or the very distinct possibility that with [MORE] guns, fewer people will [think about killing other people]?   just throwing out an alternative thought....trying to keep the pendulum arc from getting too big in one direction....on "balance".....
[EX A]: Threat

[EX Q]: Comment: Another attempt to explain your strange life in a local cul-de-sac failed to pass the sniff test.  Cul de sac, mid 18th cent. (originally in anatomy): French, literally ‘bottom of a sack.’ Others refer to it as a "horses behind", given the shape.
[EX A]:
Non-threat