Talk of The Villages Florida - View Single Post - Warning Villagers
View Single Post
 
Old 05-20-2011, 01:00 PM
Dirigo's Avatar
Dirigo Dirigo is offline
Veteran member
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: The Village of Liberty Park
Posts: 541
Thanks: 1
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Talk Host View Post
The "big guy" who followed and picked up the shouter would be guilty of assault, assuming his story is true. The "big guy" could go to the "big house."
TH,

Just a nit I need to pick.

Assault is the threat of physical violence against another. Battery *is* physical violence against another person.

No one has the right to put their uninvited, unwelcome hand(s) on another person.

Dirigo
__________________
Maine, 61.5 years. The Village of Liberty Park.


"Live life while you're alive, because when you're dead, you're dead a long time".- Roland Michael Curtis