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Originally Posted by Cleveland Steam Whistle
I do get what you are saying, and following the convo here, clearly the "reasonable" part is key. But how to determine what is reasonable IMO is very debatable. I defend my self put someone down to the ground and discontinue. What if they get back even more enraged and now look for a weapon or something (as in the road rage example in this thread). Why should someone have to wait for that to happen. I get you shouldn't beat someone to death, but I'd also understand if someone who was attacked knocked their attacker down, and then continued after to ensure that the attacker wasn't able to get back up in the moment and become more escalated.
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Are you bigger than them? Are they bigger than you? Did they get up right away? Are you able to retreat while they are on the ground? Do you hear police sirens on the way? What was the nature of the attack? Do you have any self-defense training?
It's impossible to go on a message board and say "this situation is ok, this one isn't".