Quote:
Originally Posted by MBates
I have always found it rather silly that in Canadian criminal law we still allow for consensual fist fights (as long as both sides agree to repeatedly punch each other in the face there is no crime)...BUT we do not allow consent to extend to serious bodily harm (anything more than a transient or trivial bruise cannot be legally consented to by you or your opponent in the otherwise lawful fight)...BUT if you punch someone in a consensual fight not intending to break their face and their face gets broken unintentionally, then you can be acquitted of any crime even though you broke someone's face (which they cannot have consented to).
Moreover, we allow said consent fist fights even if people are drunk (drunken consent is still legal consent...BUT not if a person is so drunk they have no capacity to consent then there is no consent)...BUT if the person falls and hits their head and dies after you punch them in the face...it is probably objectively foreseeable that punching someone in the head could lead to their death and you could be charged and convicted of manslaughter (or maybe not depending on the circumstances).
Anybody wanna head to the bar tonight and agree to an all-out 'only minor bruises or less' fist-fight? What could go wrong?  |
TV definitely makes fighting or even taking a single punch to be a lot easier than it actually is.
We also all watch a sport that sanctions bareknuckle fights on ice...for teenagers. Soo.... are we surprised a teenage hockey player uses punching to solve problems?