You are assuming that the defender knows how to control his blows or their impact.
I don't agree that people have no responsibility to think about minimum force.
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Tho I agree that people can misjudge this & also misevaluate need for it when under attack.
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There might well be some men who are genuinely afraid they cannot restrain or escape a woman safely
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Or women genuinely afraid they cannot stop or escape a child or frail, elderly person.
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Self-defense is subjective & highly variable according to circ. In principal, minimum force applies
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Yes but minimum force *to the best of one's ability*
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The response is definitely worrisome, but in light of the videos I posted (and 100s of others) I can->
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see where the response comes from. How many of those men do you think have been struck by women ->
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And this makes some MRAs as rabidly unreasonable & self-victimising as feminists. I avoid both.
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No arguments there. Horseshoe theory in action.
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I think you're being a bit like one of them. If you see a fractured skull as any kind of victory.
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don't see the serious, accidental, "far more damage than the punch caused" injury as a victory, no.
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BUT I have zero problem with the man responding to an instigatory punch with one punch. Had she ->
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landed on the grass, this would be a non-issue.
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