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How would you have handled this situation? I think the author handled it extremely well and I'm proud of him for doing so.

• johnchristopher 10y ago
  I would have left the party and then see if my friend/girlfriend was okay and if she needed support (professional or not). I would certainly not try to get strangers into a bigger brawl.
  • tehwalrus 10y ago
    But what he did was not get them into a brawl. He simply challenged them publicly. This is the very purpose of free speech! I also object to the characterisation of the crowd as a mob. Democracy and mob rule are the same words (etymologically), we simply pick which one we use based on whether we like the application. This was unquestionably mob rule for ethical purposes, aka democracy. I don't think the tyranny of the majority can be applied to the defense of attendees asked to leave a party for assaulting a guest.
    • LordWinstanley 10y ago
      >>I also object to the characterisation of the crowd as a mob What about the characterisation of the other group as "violent thugs"?
      • danharaj 10y ago
        They sexually harassed someone? That's violence.
        • literallycancer 10y ago
          His girlfriend claimed it was sexual assault, doesn't mean it was.
        • LordWinstanley 10y ago
          Allegedly [!] one of them did. So the rest are 'guilty by association'?
          • tehwalrus 10y ago
            Actually under the law of England and Wales they would be. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_purpose https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_purpose
    • johnchristopher 10y ago
      > But what he did was not get them into a brawl. He simply challenged them publicly. This is the very purpose of free speech! That's precisely what he did. Challenging people publicly is a very aggressive move. He escalated the situation by using more intimidation and if the thugs had retaliated it would have been a very different story. He got lucky, that's all. People pulling that kind of stunt under influence generally end up beaten down in a corner.
• SG- 10y ago
  Get bar staff/security.
• woofyman 10y ago
  Sadly, in the United States, this is how you get yourself or someone else shot.