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Oh, get off your high horse. I'm not sure you read the article. The whole point of a "reasonable person" is that it represents an "average person". > this per

Oh, get off your high horse. I'm not sure you read the article. The whole point of a "reasonable person" is that it represents an "average person". > this person is seen to represent a composite of a relevant community's judgement as to how a typical member of said community should behave in situations that might pose a threat of harm (through action or inaction) to the public This is why we have a jury of our peers picked at random. The randomness is not random.

mehrdadn 8y ago
> Oh, get off your high horse. I'm not sure you read the article. The whole point of a "reasonable person" is that it represents an "average person". Er, pardon? This isn't my high horse. This is literally your own article's text, which you yourself apparently didn't read: > As a legal fiction, the "reasonable person" is not an average person or a typical person, leading to great difficulties in applying the concept in some criminal cases, especially in regards to the partial defence of provocation.
- stale2002 8y ago
  The definition of "reasonable person", in the LEGAL sense is average person. I am not sure why you purposefully misinterpreted the legal definition of the words "reasonable person", according to the courts.
  - tomhoward 8y ago
    HN guidelines: Please don't use uppercase for emphasis. If you want to emphasize a word or phrase, put asterisks* around it and it will get italicized.* I also use _underscores_ sometimes. Does just as good a job at emphasising, but without seeming so shouty.
    - mehrdadn 8y ago
      Far more disturbing than these for me was the parent's assumption of bad faith on my part... :\
      - dang 8y ago
        Sure. But it's necessary to follow all the guidelines, not just some of them. Also, you responded to incivility with incivility ("which you yourself apparently didn't read"). Please don't do that, even when provoked.
        mehrdadn 8y ago
        Tough, but I'll try. Thanks.
    - stale2002 8y ago
      Ah, gotcha. It's an old habit from my writing style.
dang 8y ago
> Oh, get off your high horse. That sort of personal swipe will get you banned here. If you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and not do this kind of thing on HN, we'd appreciate it.

mehrdadn 8y ago

> Oh, get off your high horse. I'm not sure you read the article. The whole point of a "reasonable person" is that it represents an "average person". Er, pardon? This isn't my high horse. This is literally your own article's text, which you yourself apparently didn't read: > As a legal fiction, the "reasonable person" is not an average person or a typical person, leading to great difficulties in applying the concept in some criminal cases, especially in regards to the partial defence of provocation.

stale2002 8y ago
The definition of "reasonable person", in the LEGAL sense is average person. I am not sure why you purposefully misinterpreted the legal definition of the words "reasonable person", according to the courts.
- tomhoward 8y ago
  HN guidelines: Please don't use uppercase for emphasis. If you want to emphasize a word or phrase, put asterisks* around it and it will get italicized.* I also use _underscores_ sometimes. Does just as good a job at emphasising, but without seeming so shouty.
  - mehrdadn 8y ago
    Far more disturbing than these for me was the parent's assumption of bad faith on my part... :\
    - dang 8y ago
      Sure. But it's necessary to follow all the guidelines, not just some of them. Also, you responded to incivility with incivility ("which you yourself apparently didn't read"). Please don't do that, even when provoked.
      - mehrdadn 8y ago
        Tough, but I'll try. Thanks.
  - stale2002 8y ago
    Ah, gotcha. It's an old habit from my writing style.

dang 8y ago

> Oh, get off your high horse. That sort of personal swipe will get you banned here. If you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and not do this kind of thing on HN, we'd appreciate it.