summerdays
Cycling in the sun
- Location
- Bristol
I didn't read lulubel's post as saying that, rather that the cyclist was not completely innocent in the run up to the event - which doesn't give the bus driver the right to use his bus as a weapon.
While I totally accept the bus driver was in the wrong, and I think he should be in prison for a lot longer, and for attempted murder, I also think the cyclist has himself to blame for what happened in the sense that he could have avoided it by not winding up the bus driver in the first place.
Which shows, as summerdays said, that lulubel didn't suggest that it was carte blanche the cyclist's fault, but that the cyclist's provocation was a factor in the lead up to the assault.
Serious question, in general terms is provocation considered by a court an acceptable reason to assault someone?According to who? It wasn't offered as mitigation, because of course it would be laughed out of court.
Serious question, in general terms is provocation considered by a court an acceptable reason to assault someone?
Which shows, as summerdays said, that lulubel didn't suggest that it was carte blanche the cyclist's fault, but that the cyclist's provocation was a factor in the lead up to the assault.
Exactly that. If the cyclist had put a bit more thought into his own self-preservation and not provoked the lunatic with the big metal box on wheels, he wouldn't have ended up injured. So, not his fault, but he could have avoided getting injured by not getting into a confrontational situation in the first place.
She's the only one to make the ridiculous suggestion that this was the cyclist's fault.
I think you have to accept the fact that some people can enflame a situation, then suffer because of it. Sometimes what they say is the catalyst to the events that followed .Nope, there are a few other victim blamers here, sadly.