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Okay, but it's reasonable to at least attempt it before bashing or stabbing someone, right? The same thing could be said about many circumstances. Just becaus
by epicureanideal 6y ago
Okay, but it's reasonable to at least attempt it before bashing or stabbing someone, right?
The same thing could be said about many circumstances.
Just because a non-violent attempt to defuse the situation doesn't work in 100% of cases doesn't mean it is okay to skip attempting it, and jump straight to stabbing or bashing someone.
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- crooked-v 6y ago> it's reasonable to at least attempt it Now consider having to do that twice a day, every day or every other day, where in some X% of the cases the man involved may themselves turn violent immediately after being rejected.
- mlthoughts2018 6y agoI guess since it would be so inconvenient, just stabbing someone right away is ok... ?
- rbecker 6y agoAn armed society is a polite society...
- monkeydreams 6y agoBut only to their faces, and where the odds are not overwhelmingly in one party's favour. When this is not true, then they turn violent, petty and tribal out of fear that the other armed person might do to them first what they fantasize doing to that other person.
- CarbyAu 6y agoWhy not the masher NOT be a dick in the first place? If this was an isolated incident, then what you say is reasonable. When it happens often, the deterrent clearly needs to be greater. And when you factor in average strength, generally restrictive clothing of the day, social norms, lack of rights. Bugger it, you may as well take a mile as an inch, you'll be prosecuted the same either way.
- cortesoft 6y agoIf some guy sitting next to you on the train reached over and grabbed onto your junk, and then just stared at you with a smile...do you think you would be in the wrong to punch them instead of asking them to let go? Once you move to physical assault, you lose the defense of "you should have just asked me not to do that!"