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Originally Posted by Pizza
Absolutely
You can't attack a complete stranger and not expect the stranger to fight back when you back off
Are you seriously telling me that I could throw some haymakers at you, get a couple good punches at your face then walk away and you would do nothing?
not as awesome but it's at least worth a $500 fine If i can get collect aeroplan points on my AMEX
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True, but you can attack a complete stranger and know that if you are grossly overmatched and get the **** absolutely kicked out of you, your attacker will be charged. You are allowed to defend yourself with a "reasonable" amount of force. You are not allowed to be consequence free if you overreact.
Otherwise, every time someone bumped someone else in a crowd, there'd be a beatdown murder that the bumped person gets away with.
You are allowed to defend yourself reasonably. You are not given free reign to beat the **** out of someone because "they started it", and are clearly overmatched.
In your example, you throw some haymakers at me. Little do you know that I am a black belt. I break both your arms and fracture a few ribs for good measure. Do you honestly think I should get away with that scott free? "Defending yourself with reasonable force" has some pretty good leeway, but that's a bit much, don't you think?