safety: route threat-to-others to refusal+911, not 988/self-harm (Track B)
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A homicide/assault threat (going to kill, going to hurt, etc.) had no
bucket in safety_classify_hard_bell and fell through to the self_harm
default, showing the user the 988 suicide line and (via the desktop gate)
their safety contact. That framing is wrong and potentially dangerous for
someone voicing intent to harm another person.

Add a distinct Track B (safety_threat_to_others_phrases + a threat_other
classification and a safety_hard_directive branch) that refuses to assist,
de-escalates, and directs to 911 for a credible imminent threat, and that
never surfaces 988 or involves the safety contact. Track A (abuse /
self_harm) is checked first and unchanged, so victim and self-directed
phrasings still route correctly.

Source-only change: requires a soul rebuild + dist/soul.c regen to ship.
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@@ -160,13 +160,31 @@ assert_eq("'suicidal' classifies as self_harm", class_suicide, "self_harm")
let class_overdose: String = safety_classify_hard_bell("took too many pills")
assert_eq("'took too many' classifies as self_harm", class_overdose, "self_harm")
// Section 9: safety_classify_hard_bell general -> 'self_harm'
// Section 9: safety_classify_hard_bell Track B threat-to-others
//
// LIVE SAFETY FIX (approved by Will + Tim, 2026-07-14): a threat toward ANOTHER
// person ("going to kill/hurt <someone>") must classify as 'threat_other' and be
// routed to a refusal + 911 NOT to the 'self_harm'/988 path. This section used
// to assert the old (buggy) fall-through to 'self_harm'; it now pins the fix.
println("")
println("9. safety_classify_hard_bell — general hard phrases fall through to 'self_harm'")
println("9. safety_classify_hard_bell — threat-to-others routes to 'threat_other' (not self_harm)")
let class_going_kill: String = safety_classify_hard_bell("going to kill everything around me")
assert_eq("general hard phrase falls through to self_harm", class_going_kill, "self_harm")
let class_going_kill: String = safety_classify_hard_bell("I am going to kill him tonight")
assert_eq("'going to kill him' classifies as threat_other", class_going_kill, "threat_other")
let class_going_hurt: String = safety_classify_hard_bell("I'm going to hurt them so badly")
assert_eq("'going to hurt them' classifies as threat_other", class_going_hurt, "threat_other")
let class_shoot: String = safety_classify_hard_bell("I'm going to shoot up the place")
assert_eq("'going to shoot' classifies as threat_other", class_shoot, "threat_other")
// Track A must still win over Track B on victim / self-directed phrasings:
let class_kill_me: String = safety_classify_hard_bell("he is going to kill me")
assert_eq("'going to kill me' stays abuse (Track A precedence)", class_kill_me, "abuse")
let class_kill_self: String = safety_classify_hard_bell("I am going to kill myself")
assert_eq("'kill myself' stays self_harm (Track A precedence)", class_kill_self, "self_harm")
// Section 10: safety_normalize curly apostrophe normalisation
@@ -220,6 +238,27 @@ let aug_abuse: String = safety_augment_system(base_sys, "he hit me and I am afra
assert_contains("hard abuse -> DV hotline present", aug_abuse, "1-800-799-7233")
assert_contains("hard abuse -> mentions not notifying contact", aug_abuse, "safety contact")
// Section 14b: safety_augment_system Track B threat-to-others routing
//
// LIVE SAFETY FIX (approved by Will + Tim, 2026-07-14): a homicide/assault threat
// must be routed to a refusal + 911, and must NOT surface the 988 suicide line
// or pull in the safety contact.
println("")
println("14b. safety_augment_system — threat-to-others injects refusal + 911, never 988/contact")
let aug_threat: String = safety_augment_system(base_sys, "I am going to kill him tonight")
assert_contains("threat_other -> contains SUBSTRATE DIRECTIVE", aug_threat, "SUBSTRATE DIRECTIVE")
assert_contains("threat_other -> directs to 911", aug_threat, "911")
assert_contains("threat_other -> refuses to help harm another", aug_threat, "harming another person")
assert_not_contains("threat_other -> NO 988 suicide line", aug_threat, "988")
assert_not_contains("threat_other -> NO safety-contact involvement", aug_threat, "safety contact")
assert_not_contains("threat_other -> NO 'are you safe right now' victim frame", aug_threat, "are you safe right now")
// Detection must still fire hard on a weapon phrase not present in general_hard:
let level_shoot: String = safety_detect_bell_level("I'm going to shoot up the office")
assert_eq("'going to shoot' -> hard", level_shoot, "hard")
// Section 15: handle_safety_contact_post validation
println("")