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Did this racist deserve to get punched?

Did this racist get what he deserved?

  • Yes

    Votes: 28 90.3%
  • No

    Votes: 1 3.2%
  • Unsure (please explain)

    Votes: 2 6.5%

  • Total voters
    31
When you get to London, straighten these guys out will you!!

Hah, I'll try. I find they usually do a pretty good job though. I have a feeling I know what happened here: he was probably some street ranter from one of the "nationalist" parties, most likely from a smaller city somewhere below the Thames (the sky isn't orange enough for it to be London proper, but their accents sound distinctly southern). Most of these idiots are further north, but every now and then one of the mouth-breathers makes it down south.
 
I didn't see anything in the video that suggested to me the young black man "acted as common as dirt". Can you point out why you feel that way?

As today seems to be a day to pick nits, I should have qualified my statement to exclude the young man who threw the punch. I didn't see him participating in the shouting match until he was approached and shoved.
 
As today seems to be a day to pick nits, I should have qualified my statement to exclude the young man who threw the punch. I didn't see him participating in the shouting match until he was approached and shoved.

I wasn't nit picking - I wondered if I'd missed something - I just didn't want the black youth, who seemed to me to be the only adult there, to get painted with the same brush as the other louts.
 
Dood walked up, assaulted the man, man knocked his ass down. How is there any question about this?
 
Another badly worded poll on the forum. No, he did not "deserve" to be punched because his statements were racist. Yes, because he initiated physical contact.
 
I voted Unsure.

If the video tells the whole story then yes that guy deserved to get cracked. He verbally and physically assaulted the young man. I would much rather things were handled this way than with a weapon when folks disagree.

Not sure if something happened to provoke the older guy before the video started or was he just an ass.
 
Dood walked up, assaulted the man, man knocked his ass down. How is there any question about this?

What truly amazes me is that when people get caught pulling crap like this, they almost always try to defend themselves by saying they were drunk.

As if that fact should let them completely off the hook. :doh
 
Yes, he most certainly deserved it. He put his hands on the other guy first, that push was enough to start the fight.
 
very simply, yes

you touch others in aggression and anger be prepared to get touched back
 
Down goes Frasier! Down goes Frasier!!!!
 
It's sexy when arguing has an accent like that;). Yea he pushed first so he had it coming. I actually thought it was the woman that was gonna throw the punch.

So I wasn't the only one thinking that? :lol:

Yes, the guy had it coming.
 
Watch the video and judge for yourselves.



He assaulted the guy. Of course he deserved to be punched.

What a bunch of idiots though. All they had to do was disengage. Women: the cause of all life's problems. ;)
 
He shoved the guy and got smacked. He has no one to blame but himself.
 
He assaulted the guy. Of course he deserved to be punched.

What a bunch of idiots though. All they had to do was disengage. Women: the cause of all life's problems. ;)

Although this man is obviously a racist..the screaming woman didn't help things..

Why did this situation arrive in the first place..were they refused entry into the nightclub?

And on what grounds..
 
Yeah, dude deserved to be punched. He was being an ass. He shouldn't have shoved the guy. It's that simple.

You can't expect to talk all that racist talk (and be outnumbered to boot!) and not expect to have your clock cleaned by the only Black guy standing there who your hatred is directed at (let alone the fact that you shoved the guy). I'd have knocked the guy out, too, had he talked all that mess then shoved me on top of it.
 
Yeah, dude deserved to be punched. He was being an ass. He shouldn't have shoved the guy. It's that simple.

You can't expect to talk all that racist talk (and be outnumbered to boot!) and not expect to have your clock cleaned by the only Black guy standing there who your hatred is directed at (let alone the fact that you shoved the guy). I'd have knocked the guy out, too, had he talked all that mess then shoved me on top of it.

We didn't see what happened before the ''confrontation''..
 
We didn't see what happened before the ''confrontation''..

No, but I think we saw enough to conclude that nobody was willing to throw a punch - not even the older White guy spewing racist comments even when he approached the younger Black guy earlier in the video with his fist balled up - until the White guy shoved the Black guy. Until that point, everyone seemed fine with yelling back and forth just to be heard.

(BTW, Welcome Aboard!)
 
1. I don't know why but English people cursing or getting upset just makes me giggle. It sounds so polite and filthy at the same time. And since the main time I hear British Accents is Doctor Who I kept expecting to hear a wooshing noise and see Peter Capaldi show up on scene (he could do a much better job cursing than any of those ****ity ****s)

2. The guy didn't "deserve" to be punched because of the racist crap he was saying, but it absolutely wouldn't have been surprising if someone punched him for that and he'd get no sympathy from me for it. While you don't deserve to get assaulted for things you say that doesn't change that you definitely contributed to the situation that caused it.

3. The moment he invaded the black guys space, after such ranting, THEN the "deserving" factor of the punch increases as it creates a threatening situation where I could understand the young man acting. The moment he placed his hands on the young man he deserved to be decked and I'm glad he was.

Fantastic!
 
No, but I think we saw enough to conclude that nobody was willing to throw a punch - not even the older White guy spewing racist comments even when he approached the younger Black guy earlier in the video with his fist balled up - until the White guy shoved the Black guy. Until that point, everyone seemed fine with yelling back and forth just to be heard.

(BTW, Welcome Aboard!)

Thank you OV..I was just wondering why he adopted this stance..Did something happen before? Although I am not OK with his comments...Doormen on night club duty are not known for their IQ's

I need to see the whole picture..maybe the black guy's were being racist to him..who knows?....

Or maybe he was just a bigot?
 
Watch the video and judge for yourselves.



Can't watch the video now, but I'll just say that, like in that "Is assassination ever justified?" thread, while I don't believe in punching racists, I don't want to say there's never a correct time for it.
 
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