[Beso]

Originally Posted by Soldier Boy

"By law" luckily we're not in a court Parmy so can freely state that throwing a milkshake at a public figure is absolutely nothing like battering your wife. Don't be dim.

What if it was your wife you through the milkshake over?

[user104658]

Originally Posted by parmnion

What if it was your wife you through the milkshake over?

It would be far worse (morally) than throwing one over a stranger, in the same way that name-calling is a form of domestic abuse in a relationship that doesn't apply when you're talking to someone else, however in any scenario throwing a milkshake is blatantly not the same as an act of violence intended to cause actual physical harm.

[Beso]

Originally Posted by Soldier Boy

It would be far worse (morally) than throwing one over a stranger, in the same way that name-calling is a form of domestic abuse in a relationship that doesn't apply when you're talking to someone else, however in any scenario throwing a milkshake is blatantly not the same as an act of violence intended to cause actual physical harm.

Mental abuse for some is worse than physical abuse.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by parmnion

Mental abuse for some is worse than physical abuse.

True but the implications of it being a partner or family member are what make it mental abuse. Thus why a controversial politician having a milkshake poured over them by a member of the public is COMPLETELY different to someone having a drink poured over them by a partner, a parent, or even a friend.

To boil it down to something simpler - obviously it's fine to call a politician a f*ing idiot. It's less fine to call someone who knows you don't like them - or even a friend - a f*ing idiot to their face, but still usually not that serious.

Calling your partner or your kid a f*ing idiot on the other hand, in the heat of the moment is shameful and on a regular basis is flat out abuse.

It is different, quite obviously so.