Yes let's create a society where you're allowed to physically harm anyone based on some words. That will not backfire at all, you know with the evidence of words being said hard to prove and all...
Punched someone? Oh he was being racist to me.. ok then off you go.
Yes, I could see those laws getting out of hand. I don’t know exactly what happened to Benji but in regards to reacting to taunts with violence I’ll say this…
It’s not about being PC it’s about using common sense. You use violence when you are on the end of a physically unprovoked attack and need to defend yourself. You don’t use it when you’re being verbally taunted. The latter leaves you open to charges and even more so it sets a pretty crappy example for society at large that if someone says something mean you should hit them.
I have mates in the security industry and areas of psychology and both have seen plenty of evidence that society doesn’t need to turn into a “annoying heckler v undisciplined basher” society.
I can empathise with wanting physical retribution for verbal attacks. I really do, I was verbally bullied a lot back in school. I had urges to retaliate in the name of honour but you really need to look further than that and see what wider issues you’re going to cause for yourself and others. Later on my experience in the army taught me that if you respond to verbals you’re really thin skinned and need to open a few cans of ‘whoop ass’ and get over it.
Now, can we have a nicer topic to talk about?
