"For reasons unknown at this time, the banter escalated" Probably better to judge after we know full details. Horrible thing to do. But something may have pushed them over the edge..
Quote from: Lambert and Payne on September 25, 2013, 03:03:38 PM"For reasons unknown at this time, the banter escalated" Probably better to judge after we know full details. Horrible thing to do. But something may have pushed them over the edge..Violence is never acceptable, no matter what the provocation
Quote from: Lambert and Payne on September 25, 2013, 03:03:38 PM"For reasons unknown at this time, the banter escalated" Probably better to judge after we know full details. Horrible thing to do. But something may have pushed them over the edge..Unbelievable comment.
Fair comment. Is provocation not taken into account in law?
Quote from: Percy McCarthy on September 25, 2013, 07:07:19 PMFair comment. Is provocation not taken into account in law?There isn't a tariff whereby you can inflict violence on someone depending on the severity of whatever they might have said to you. What kind of person has so little self-control that words are enough to provoke them into hospitalising someone? Far be it from me to answer my own question but 'a pinhead' probably sums it up.It's as absurd as kids stabbing each other 'because he looked at me funny'. For fuck's sake.
Quote from: hilts_coolerking on September 25, 2013, 08:29:47 PMQuote from: Percy McCarthy on September 25, 2013, 07:07:19 PMFair comment. Is provocation not taken into account in law?There isn't a tariff whereby you can inflict violence on someone depending on the severity of whatever they might have said to you. What kind of person has so little self-control that words are enough to provoke them into hospitalising someone? Far be it from me to answer my own question but 'a pinhead' probably sums it up.It's as absurd as kids stabbing each other 'because he looked at me funny'. For fuck's sake.It was just a question on a point of law. What about if he threatened them? Wouldn't that be taken into account?
The perils of 'bants' laid bare.
“For reasons unknown at this time, the banter escalated which resulted in the two men launching a violent assault on the victim, kicking him in the head and raining a number of blows to his body, causing him to fall from the platform onto the railway tracks.
Quote“For reasons unknown at this time, the banter escalated which resulted in the two men launching a violent assault on the victim, kicking him in the head and raining a number of blows to his body, causing him to fall from the platform onto the railway tracks.I don't know about others, but I genuinely don't think I could actually kick another person in the head. I just couldn't do it and can't even begin to understand what makes someone able to do that.It's like when you hear about people getting their head stamped on in a fight.How on earth can someone bring themselves to do that to another person?