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As for why SHE was NOT charged in this situation, scroll up. I have already explained multiple times why I believe she wasn't and my opinion on it.
I get it though....You want every woman who touches the man first to be arrested regardless of the circumstances. I'm telling you it doesn't work that way. It never has worked that way. Get used to it. It's good public policy. IMO
I didn't realize I said "every woman". I said equal treatment for equal situations (assuming if the ONLY difference in the situation is the sex of the individual). If you didn't agree that "she" should have been charged if "she" were a "he", we wouldn't be having this conversation, but you do. That's sexist IMO.
Here's how the situation should be looked at in the eyes of the law (IMO):
"person" bumps "person". "person" turns and says something. "Person" bumps "person" again. "Person" turns (and allegedly shouts racial slur), physically pushes "person" backwards while simultaneously balling up fist in a threatening manner. Threatened "person" doesn't want to get hit and grabs aggressor's arm. Aggressor then knees other person's groin and punches "person." "Person" who was hit strikes back. The end.
I witnessed something similar at an intersection. A man pulled out of a gas station hurriedly across two lanes to get into a turn lane and cut a woman off in the process. We all wound up in the same turn lane with the woman in front of me and he in front of her. She kept honking her horn and shaking her fists. He didn't move. Finally, she got out and approached his window SCREAMING at him...calling him every name in the book. She eventually smacked him through his window and he just rolled it up until the light turned. He did the "right" thing by not getting out of his car. Had this been a man, I'd venture to say, there'd have been a pretty big physical altercation that day.
Oozie asked it best,
"The point I'm trying to make is, at what point is a man allowed to defend himself from a woman? Does he need to be punched 5 times? 10 times? 20 times? Sure he could have walked away, but if that was a man NOBODY would have that expectation and everyone would be fine with him defending himself."
Oh, and for what it's worth, we're speaking conceptually, not literally. In other words, why IS society like this and why can't it be changed?
Under current perceptions/expectations/chivalry standards, I'm fine with DJ's consequences (and have stated it multiple times). Hell, I wasn't going to even bring it up on here (knowing folks would be intellectually dishonest due to it being a Nole involved), until Oozie brought it up first.
Oozie (pg 1):
"Am I the only one that thinks she should be charged too? She was the aggressor first balling up her fist at the guy and kneed him in the midsection. But I guess that ain't PC enough."
Why can't the question above be discussed rationally (under MJ's suggestion of moving it to the Lounge) without it becoming another Gator vs. Nole debate (people bringing up irrelevant Jameis points, etc)
? Again, YES, YES, YES, men shouldn't go around punching and otherwise abusing women. That isn't what is being discussed...people forget that every single person in this thread supports DJ's consequences.
