[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

Nobody said it should but judging the level of someone else's abuse off a low level abuse you think you can handle is a nonsensical comparison.

If he's man enough to slug out an old man, he's man enough to ignore nasty words.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

If he's man enough to slug out an old man, he's man enough to ignore nasty words.

That wasn't the point I responded to. I responded to your claim that he should deal with racism because of a hypothetical scenario of a completely different situation involving yourself, which is not comparable.

Someone else's experience isn't void just because you live a completely different life.

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

That wasn't the point I responded to. I responded to your claim that he should deal with racism because of a hypothetical scenario of a completely different situation involving yourself, which is not comparable.

Someone else's experience isn't void just because you live a completely different life.

I don't know what kind of life he leads, his life could be almost identical to mine

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

If he's man enough to slug out an old man, he's man enough to ignore nasty words.

Let's face it they attacked because they knew he was old a weak. It was a cowardly attack.

[Peppermint]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

If he's man enough to slug out an old man, he's man enough to ignore nasty words.

Right? It's so tragic that people's first thoughts are to be violent because they can't control themselves. It's a massive problem

[ChristmasNeeve]

Originally Posted by caprimint

Right? It's so tragic that people's first thoughts are to be violent because they can't control themselves. It's a massive problem

tbf judging by the video, that wasn't actually the men's first thoughts, they became violent not after the verbal insults but after the man made a swing for them, not saying I think that was the right thing to do, clearly the man wasn't ever going to be a real physical threat to them, but there was a fair bit of provocation from him before they reacted that way

[Livia]

Provocation is not a defence for assault.

[ChristmasNeeve]

Originally Posted by Livia

Provocation is not a defence for assault.

I didn't say it was?

*If that was aimed at me

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

I didn't say it was?

*If that was aimed at me

It wasn't aimed particularly at you, but at everyone who said they were provoked.

[ChristmasNeeve]

Originally Posted by Livia

It wasn't aimed particularly at you, but at everyone who said they were provoked.

Well, my last post where I used that word was just pointing out that violence wasn't their first thought(judging by the video), I wasn't defending their "right" to be violent, just saying there was more provocation than what was being made out in the post I quoted.

Again, I'm not for a minute saying that how they reacted was the right thing to do but I can see why they got so angry as well