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All I will say is there are ways to defend yourself without the use of force, or increasing the use of force.
End of the day, they both should not have done what they did, but unfortunately this guy should have realized he has much more to lose than she does, and to be frank I hope he looses it. Just because she hit him first doesn't mean that he's exempt from punishment, just as because he hit her back harder (apparently) doesn't excuse her from hitting him in the first place.
They both need to learn a lesson.
But do you have the right to escalate force?
K have a good night.
*Insanity Wolf Meme*
What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger
And the Alamo.
Disagree - I don't care who you are - male, female, transgender, alien - if you hit me I have the right to defend myself and hit you back. THAT'S equal rights.
Those who defend him by saying "she started it" or "she hit him first" just need to understand that males and females are not equal when it comes to physical strength (in almost all instances) and definitely are not equal when it comes to a football playing male versus a female.
This reminded me of a paragraph from a blog post on chivalry:
"Men should carry bags, and hold doors, and pull out chairs, and offer seats to women, not because women are incapable of standing or opening their own doors, but because of what these acts represent — what they say. And what they say is simple: "I am bigger and stronger than you, but I will use my strength to honor you and protect you. I will not hurt you. I will not take advantage of you. I will humble myself before you and serve you."
Here's the full post, but fair warning while this post isn't particularly political or religious if you click links to his other posts you're likely to wind up on them.
Agree to disagree. Gotta run.
There is nothing wrong with holding her to the same standard to which we hold everybody. Don't hit anybody.
They were both wrong.
I'm not debating who whether she should be charged with a crime, I'm debating whether what she did to him warranted a demolishing punch to the face.
I am fully aware that life experiences shape each of our beliefs on this particular matter, as someone who doesn't know yours I respect your opinion and really am trying to see it from your POV.
Can't see as where he didn't pull the punch as it is. It looks more like a slap to me, It looks like he didn't close his fist.
Low allying the reply to a punch and attempted knee to the groin only encourages additional response.
If he play slapped her, she might have done it again.
He ended the bloodshed and brought an end to the conflict.
Outstanding, thanks.
My google foo was weak.
Oh no way.
Charges are equal. You still want to excuse her behavior just because it's a girl?
I hope he's acquitted and she gets an assault charge.
I bet she shows up in court with pink fingernails and false eyelashes to try and sweet talk her "who? Little ol' me?" Routine.
Nope. No breaks because she's a female of the species.
Update! Japan has accepted but wants it to be hand to hand combat through the robots
http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2015/07/japan-accepts-challenge-to-...
The same as if it were a girl, defend yourself.
Next step is to get one of our video editing folks to make an awesome highlight real of some nasty sacks we created and label it SACKSBURG... just to make it official on the interwebs!
I'm not really agreeing or disagreeing, but what stance do you take if... instead of a girl, the person in question is a 5'4" 120 lb scrawny guy?
Ok, you won me over, charge her with attempted assault. He gets the real thing.
Nope, she gets no breaks.
She swings and kicks, she was trying to hurt him.
He shouldn't have punched her, he should have got her kicked out but to give her a pass because she got in over her head? No way.
She's assaulted him and to make excuses for it because she's a girl is to assist in excusing abuse.
I wouldn't have hit her but, you ca be sure I wouldn't let it slide. Not one ever lovin' bit.
I gotta disagree here, even if she did connect and break his nose, he still controls the outcome. This isn't Ronda Rousey, this is some girl at the bar who he is control of with one hand wrapped around her arm, she is a punching bag at that point. It really does make a difference.
Was she 100% innocent in the entire chain of events, probably not, but the point is he did just a little more than defend himself.
That she is a poor puncher is no excuse.
Would it have been any less of a problem if she COULD throw a punch and broke his nose?
Nope, it makes no difference at all.
She'll think twice about casually tossing about punches and trying to knee him in the balls next time.
You know, I never saw that game.
Anybody know where I can get a high quality viewing of that?
It looked good from the stands that night!
If someone attacks you, it is safe to assume they are doing everything in their power to hurt you.
You don't need to stop, take out your calibrated torque wrench and gauge the power behind the assault and then attack them with the exact same force and technique.
The first individual punched and kicked, the second individual slapped.
So no, you are not responsible to ensure the first attacked receives a sufficiently poor response as to make sure they receive the identical amount of damage as done in the initial attack.
That does not provide carte blanche to pull out weapons unless you feel your life is in danger.
The point of the response is to halt the attack. You ALWAYS have the right to halt the attack.
Mission accomplished.