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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". Er, pardo
by 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 agoThe 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 agoHN 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.