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I think you're taking this pretty far down the slippery slope. Someone who "mashes" up to you by taking advantage of the carriage bouncing and then slips his ar

I think you're taking this pretty far down the slippery slope. Someone who "mashes" up to you by taking advantage of the carriage bouncing and then slips his arm around you without saying anything is very different from someone asking you for directions. I could see the former being a prelude to assault, while the latter wouldn't be.

cryptoz 6y ago
The former is not a "prelude" to assault, it is assault.
- cosmojg 6y ago
  For the uninformed, assault is "an intentional act by one person that creates an apprehension in another of an imminent harmful or offensive contact."[0] [0] https://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Assault https://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Assault
floren 6y ago
"Got a light?" is a classic prelude to a mugging.