[HPforGrownups] Re: Dark Book - Blood and Cruelty

[Bart Lidofsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 177204

lizzyben04 wrote:
> Well, that's not true at all. Take it from an American lawyer, 
> here. "Fighting words" do NOT entitle you to take a swing at someone 
> or use violence against them. Words & insults can make people 
> violently angry - that doesn't give you the right to assault them. 

	Sorry. I just looked it up, and found that if person A uses fighting 
words, and person B punches person A, then they BOTH have lawsuits. It's 
just that, in practice, they frequently agree, "I don't sue you, and you 
won't sue me." However, I only referred to lawsuits, not criminal charges.

	Bart