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The butt whacker turns out to be a youth minister and scout leader

Rising Sun said:
ROFL! Another good one! Thanks.

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The fact remains the Boy Scout leader/Church Youth Group leader committed battery.

Criminal Assault and Battery Law | Justia
The act of battery does not require that the victim is severely injured or traumatized. Any type of touching that the victim considers harmful or offensive can be sufficient. For example, if a woman pours a mug of hot water on someone else, this could be a battery. To go even further, a classic case of a battery that does not result in pain or injury is when the perpetrator spits on the victim. However, a defendant will not be held liable for contact that is deemed offensive only because the victim is abnormally sensitive. The standard of “offensiveness” is determined from the perspective of an ordinary individual.

Strange men whacking the butts of any female relative would be seen by most people as offensive.
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Looks like the law you cited lets him off. In this case, the so-called 'victim' is being abnormally sensitive.
 
Lovebug said:
Mashmont said:
Let's hope he gets a sensible judge and not a Democrat.
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How about "let justice prevail"?
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Agreed on justice prevailing. Personally, unlike Mashmont, I prefer Judges to be unbiased and apolitical. Also, unlike Mashmont, I consider strange men whacking someone's mother, sister or daughter to be offensive.
 
Irredentist said:
The left won't be the ones trying him. If that happens, it'll be the local court, and he'll have the chance to defend himself before a judge. That's the way it's supposed to work. If he didn't want that, why did he break the law?
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/sarcasm on
we all know the judges have no political lean. If they didn't then we would not have split decisions from the SC.
/ sarcasm off

What a waste of time for the courts.
 
Rising Sun said:
Agreed on justice prevailing. Personally, unlike Mashmont, I prefer Judges to be unbiased and apolitical. Also, unlike Mashmont, I consider strange men whacking someone's mother, sister or daughter to be offensive.
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Right. Tell me which leftwing judge is unbiased and apolitical.
 
Rising Sun said:
Agreed on justice prevailing. Personally, unlike Mashmont, I prefer Judges to be unbiased and apolitical. Also, unlike Mashmont, I consider strange men whacking someone's mother, sister or daughter to be offensive.
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I don't disagree that the whacking of the butt was offensive. It was a bad decision on the runners part. He has been banned from further events.
What I find interesting is how people are reacting to this bad decision from the runner. imo, it is blown way out of proportion.

It is good to know that so many here have never done anything that they regret in their lives to another person. :lamo
 
He got caught up in the excitement of the moment.

A bunch of runners passed the young lady, and he wanted to signify his joy by physically saying "Hi."

He knew that he was on TV, so he did not mean any malicious intent.

He has apologized.

I hope that she is a classy lady and will accept the apology and move on.

She should not want him to be arrested and put on trial for such a trivial matter.

Before this incident, she was an unknown TV reporter.

Today she is a star of sorts. In a sense, she should thank him for putting her on the map.
 
TheParser said:
He got caught up in the excitement of the moment.

A bunch of runners passed the young lady, and he wanted to signify his joy by physically saying "Hi."

He knew that he was on TV, so he did not mean any malicious intent.

He has apologized.

I hope that she is a classy lady and will accept the apology and move on.

She should not want him to be arrested and put on trial for such a trivial matter.

Before this incident, she was an unknown TV reporter.

Today she is a star of sorts. In a sense, she should thank him for putting her on the map.
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Yes, he should say it just like that to the jury.

:lamo
 
Here we have a woman assaulted on camera, and people are blaming her for being too sensitive, or excusing him by saying that it was always this way. This is exactly what happens in regards to men behaving badly toward women.

And people wonder why there is a me too movement. It's because of things like this. We have direct evidence of what happened, and still she is blamed he is excused.
 
mike2810 said:
I don't disagree that the whacking of the butt was offensive. It was a bad decision on the runners part. He has been banned from further events.
What I find interesting is how people are reacting to this bad decision from the runner. imo, it is blown way out of proportion.

It is good to know that so many here have never done anything that they regret in their lives to another person. :lamo
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Yes, and you wonder if these people would be as hard on a male relative who slipped up as they are on this man or Josh Duggar.
 
wolfsgirl said:
Here we have a woman assaulted on camera, and people are blaming her for being too sensitive, or excusing him by saying that it was always this way. This is exactly what happens in regards to men behaving badly toward women.

And people wonder why there is a me too movement. It's because of things like this. We have direct evidence of what happened, and still she is blamed he is excused.
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What you're observing is the backlash to the overstepping of the highly organized and funded Marxist 'metoo' movement
 
mike2810 said:
I don't disagree that the whacking of the butt was offensive. It was a bad decision on the runners part. He has been banned from further events.
What I find interesting is how people are reacting to this bad decision from the runner. imo, it is blown way out of proportion.

It is good to know that so many here have never done anything that they regret in their lives to another person. :lamo
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What parts do you consider to be blown out of proportion? What do you think is the appropriate justice for this case? Both for the victim and the perpetrator?

I'm sure all of the mature adults here (note the qualifications!) have done things they regret. Some were caught, some weren't.
 
Rising Sun said:
Translation: I stand by my post advocating biased and political rightwing judges.

LOL
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I think all judges should be conservative. That way we can get rid of these crazy decisions.
 
Mashmont said:
No, I don't grab women sexually, and neither did he. Please stop with the strawman. That's all I've heard on here.
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Are you confused? Do you think the woman thought his behavior was acceptable?

Treat women with respect. How is this so confusing?
 
Mashmont said:
Republicans won 3 of the last 7 elections and 3 of the last 5. Not sure what your point is.
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They've resoundingly lost the popular vote in every election since 2004. That sure doesn't sound like most people agree with them.
 
Mashmont said:
What you're observing is the backlash to the overstepping of the highly organized and funded Marxist 'metoo' movement
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A backlash? To what? Women finally standing up and saying that this type of behavior is not appropriate and we will not stand for it?
 
Master Debator said:
They've resoundingly lost the popular vote in every election since 2004. That sure doesn't sound like most people agree with them.
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The popular vote is not how you win elections, therefore the GOP doesn't campaign to win that way. if the rules were different, they would campaign harder in most populous areas, and have a higher overall vote count. I'm very glad my party is smart enough to know the rules of the election process.
 
wolfsgirl said:
A backlash? To what? Women finally standing up and saying that this type of behavior is not appropriate and we will not stand for it?
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No, the backlash is against throwing the guy in prison, getting him fired, taking away his civic volunteer work, and generally ruining his life over this. Any reasonable person knows this is a terrible overraction.
 
Rising Sun said:
What parts do you consider to be blown out of proportion? What do you think is the appropriate justice for this case? Both for the victim and the perpetrator?

I'm sure all of the mature adults here (note the qualifications!) have done things they regret. Some were caught, some weren't.
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- The coverage in the media.
- The ban was appropriate. He should apologize. (end of story)
- The reporter should move on from her 15 minutes of fame. If the apology from the guy is meaningful, accept it and move on.

Your turn to answer your question you had for me.
 
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