OH MY GOSH.
I can barely contain the joke.
Someone ... hold a pillow over my mouth till I stop twitching.
Noone should have to live thru this torture.
I could have added the specifics which were beyond slurs and described graphically what they were threatening to do to me, but thought better of it.
Perhaps you're fine with a group of 8-10 men, most much bigger than you, threatening you. Me, running unarmed, not so much. These groups of lowly individuals were on the rise, so I thought it best to not run on the canal anymore.
I guess we all have things which we think are funny.