Retaliatory Violence Debate
Commenters debate the justification, proportionality, and legality of responding to verbal insults, scams, annoyances, or non-physical provocations with physical violence like punching. Analogies to assault scenarios highlight tensions between enduring harm and escalating to force.
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Other people may do bad things, let's... beat them to it?
You can't just go around slapping people.
I understood that. Just tried to phrase it nicely.The fact that someone is willing to punch you in the face doesn't make them more correct than if they were unwilling to do so.
You can say that about punching people in the face, too.
I get the sentiment, but don't you think punching someone in the face is a bit too much?
What does this have to do with what I said? If someone had punched Elon on the street and I had said "hey maybe that's not cool", would you be posting this same reply? Must bad, therefore the gloves are off?
I’m not sure I’m understanding.You’re saying it’s fine if someone punches you in the face?
Doesn't remotely make it okay to hit people or change what I said.
It's obvious. IRL, you could be beaten up.
Only if C stops bashing us first- it started it.