The legal confluence of assault and battery makes me sad. I liked the idea that we laypeople thought they were the same, but they really weren't.
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - May 24, 2006 5:29:36 am PDT #8791 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
§ ita § - May 24, 2006 5:31:15 am PDT #8792 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What comes after (is more severe) than misdemeanor battery?
I think (and why am I bothering with actual lawyers around? because it's the internet and I have a Post message button) that there also exists felony battery.
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tommyrot - May 24, 2006 5:34:56 am PDT #8793 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I think (and why am I bothering with actual lawyers around? because it's the internet and I have a Post message button) that there also exists felony battery.
That's what I figured - are those the only two categories?
Also, how much force are you allowed to use to defend yourself? If someone clearly is trying to kill you, obviously you can do whatever is necessary to defend yourself, including killing them back. But what if, say, someone "just" wants to beat you up, and in the process of defending yourself you happen to pick up a shard of glass and stab them in the neck and they die? I mean (for the sake of this example) you took action that you knew might kill the other person....
Vortex - May 24, 2006 5:36:52 am PDT #8794 of 10002
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
What makes something more than misdemeanor battery? Or is that just an arbitrary distinction?
It's a severity issue. Slapping someone is less serious than hitting them with a baseball bat, for example.
What comes after (is more severe) than misdemeanor battery?
felony battery, punishable by a year or more in jail. (the general distinction between misdemeanor and felony)
msbelle - May 24, 2006 5:41:11 am PDT #8795 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
strangers waiting underneath my car to lick my toes = SO MUCH EW!
sara, as I do not have a car, I think I am ok to wear open toed shoes. Also? any stranger who licks or attempts to lick any part of me? KICK TO THE FACE OR NUTS - whichever is closer to my foot.
Jesse - May 24, 2006 5:50:08 am PDT #8796 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I hate to break it to you, msbelle, but there are foot-lickers in NYC, too: [link]
sarameg - May 24, 2006 5:51:23 am PDT #8797 of 10002
as I do not have a car
It totally doesn't have to be your car. And I know for a fact there are cars in NYC. And that your ride in some of them.
eta: And Jesse brings even more evidence!
msbelle - May 24, 2006 5:54:10 am PDT #8798 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
doing the heeby jeeby dance.
Anyone who dives at my feet on the subway is most certainly getting a foot in the face, most likely a stomp. fair warning.
Jesse - May 24, 2006 6:04:14 am PDT #8799 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yeah, I have to say, it's pretty unlikely that I would let anyone's face get that close to my feet. And I sometimes kick out, involuntarily.
Also, I kind of love that I just searched Google News for lick and subway and got right to that guy.
bon bon - May 24, 2006 6:08:13 am PDT #8800 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Jesse, I totally was going to point out that story but didn't know how to find the source. (I had only heard about it from my officemate.) Go you with your google-fu! But said officemate also told me about a guy who was arrested in Brooklyn for grabbing women's legs on the street in order to fondle them.