Who's in the Wrong?

[voneber]

I was listening to the radio this morning on my way in to work and heard the following story and just wanted to get everyone's opinion on the matter.

I man was at a sporting event on Sunday in which there was a large group of Kerry/Edwards supporters. The man just happened to be wearing a Bush/Cheney button.

When the man went up to get a hotdog from one of the vendors, a woman from the Kerry/Edwards group came up and started getting in the guy's face, first just spouting off how bad Bush is and when that didn't get the reaction she wanted , she started ripping on everything from the way he was dressed to his looks.

After a minute or two of just standing there looking bewildered, he finally had had enough and when she wouldn't leave him alone, he shoved her, in which case she fell to the ground.
Once she got up she immediately ran to get security and is now going to press charges for assault, even though she is the one who initiated it in the first place.


I was just wondering who people thought was in the right in this case, the woman for think she is being assaulted or the man for protecting his personal space, regardless of which of the candidates each of them supported.



Voneber

[Shibby]

The woman was probably trying to get that reaction. In the world of politics and the crazed state people can get in I would have done the same. If he gets a halfway decent lawyer he will be fine. He can easily say he felt threatend and was just protecting himself.

[Bouncer]

Whoever put there hands on the other person first is the one that will get in trouble with the law. Now if you ask me, I would have booted the bitch in the lip. :P

[voneber]

While listening to the listeners who called in, it seemed that the people who were Kerry supporters were implying that the man was wrong, where as the Bush supporters who called in seemed to support the man, It's hard to tell if they were being swayed by their political views.

It also seeemd that some people blew the situation out of context, one caller was concerned that the bigger issue was domestic violence, saying "if the man does this in public in a crowded place, just imagine what he does at home to his wife"

My personal opinion is that even though it is never right to hit a woman, some women use that knowledge that it "isn't right to hit a women" to antagonize men, pushing them to the edge, knowing they won't get hit and in most people's eyes would look like the victim in a case where they do get hit.

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[voneber]

But, in this case I believe the man was protecting his personal space and never asked to be harrassed in the first place, not even if he was wearing a bush button.

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[sana]

he should have been the bigger person and walked away. it has nothing to do with being a man or a woman.

[bad14u]

Never put your hands on the other person. What he should have done was drop something and on his way down to pick it up head-butted her and split her lip or broke her nose.

"Sorry your honor, but I had dropped my cell phone and when I bent over to pick it up she must have been to close to me...it was an accident!"

[jaypee]

I am a Kerry supporter and I would have decked that bitch cold. Politics aside, fair is fair. Anybody that uses their political beliefs to decide what is right or wrong is a fucking tool.

[dreamgirl]

Originally posted by sana
he should have been the bigger person and walked away. it has nothing to do with being a man or a woman.

I agree with Sana!

[Shibby]

Originally posted by sana
he should have been the bigger person and walked away. it has nothing to do with being a man or a woman.

Maybe he did try to walk away, it just so happened she was in the way:D

[Wolfhound]

Yeah, he should of never put his hands on a woman. Every man knows that women are fueled by emotion, not reason.















j/k

[bonebreaker]

Originally posted by Wolfhound
Yeah, he should of never put his hands on a woman. Every man knows that women are fueled by emotion, not reason.

Or on a man. You just can't touch ANYONE unless they want you to. Even touching, without hurting them, is simple battery. You can assault someone just by talking in a threatening manner. Assault AND battery is when you do both. But you can be arrested for either and or both. Legally, the guy was, and will be found guilty of battery. Justifiably, he was probably at the end of his rope and did what most of us would do. BUT, going to a Kerry/Edwards rally wearing a Bush/Cheny T-shirt could also be considered a provocation. Sounds like he wanted to be confronted and was. Yeah, I know, you should be able to go wherever you want and wear what you want, (unless it's vulgar or degrading), but come on, wasn't he just asking for a confrontation? It would be similar if you were to go into a Gay bar wearing a T-shirt that read, "I don't like Gays", yeah, you had a right, but shouldn't common sense come into play? BB














j/k

[bad14u]

Originally posted by bonebreaker
BUT, going to a Kerry/Edwards rally wearing a Bush/Cheny T-shirt could also be considered a provocation

He was at a sporting event...not a political rally!

[voneber]

Originally posted by bonebreaker

BB, the guy in this case wasn't at a Kerry/Edwards rally, He was at the Metrodome watching a Twins/Yankees game on Sat.


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[Stonecold54]

they both should be kicked for wearing political shirts. LOL

plus you have to wonder who actually told the story the first time because it sounds like they automatically sympathized with the guy. Do you really think that someone actually wearing a political would just sit there and take it? I bet he was giving it back just as good as he was getting. I have found after 5 years of handling disputes that most of the time both parties are at fault. I used to take sides but then I realized neither one is innocent.