Capital Summertime Ball 2024

[Mike]

Ok, this is the situation i am in.

2 people that i know (both lads) have threatend 2 girls that i know that they want to fight them. i have said to the 2 girls that if the blokes lay a finger on them that i will batter the crap out of them, i was just wondering where people stood about these sort of issues

Should you let morals get in the way of life?

[Grace]

Don't let morals get in your way there Mike, I'd hope someone would do that for me if I was ever in that situation.

[Mike]

Aah ok then

i just wanted to make sure before it happened because i didn't want to do anything out of order

[Grace]

It could however get you into a lot of trouble..you might want to watch that.

(I spend way too much time doing law revision)

[Mike]

Nooo, not enough time grace!

I must admit i did wonder what my position i would be in if the police got involved with it

[Serin]

It's a criminal offence to threaten physical violence against a person(s), so you could call the cops in?

[Mike]

aah reet.

i kinda meant that if i was to hit these 2 for hitting the 2 girls, where would i stand

[Grace]

Well you could get done with assault occasioning actual bodily harm for a start.

[Mike]

Aww balls. Knowing the 2 lads that would happen aswell. can anything actually be done because i am only 15

[Grace]

Yeah, you're legally responsible from the age of ten, and once you're over fourteen you're not a child but a "young person".

[Mike]

Aww bobbins...

[Mike]

Would like to know other peoples opinions on this please...

[Geezer7348]

Ok, this is the situation i am in.

2 people that i know (both lads) have threatend 2 girls that i know that they want to fight them. i have said to the 2 girls that if the blokes lay a finger on them that i will batter the crap out of them, i was just wondering where people stood about these sort of issues

Should you let morals get in the way of life?

Threatening to fight with girls is just the lowest of the low and the guys should be ashamed of themselves for even contemplating it. I think the girls could probably handle themselves though with their nails and probably high heels.

[Timsk]

I think it's probably right for you to intervene, but preferably before things get violent, and not in retaliation. I absolutely agree with Geezer in that it is completely wrong for guys to threaten girls with violence.

If it actually did happen, there's always Grace's point that they're liable for prosecution for their actions, just as you would be if it got out of hand...

[Mike]

Hmm, ok, so just get in the way before anything happens

[Geezer7348]

Well just be careful Mike, otherwise you may end up with a face for radio

[Mike]

I have one anyway so don't worry about that lol

[Lucinda]

Are you asking about morals or laws? There is a difference here really.

Morally, if two boys are threatening violence on two girls, you should protect them just because boys shouldn't threaten violence on anyone, and particularly not girls, and if they're your friends, you should make some kind of reasonable attempt to help them.

Legally, if you beat someone up, it would be assault, but unless they actually pressed charges and the police believed it was more than just a couple of boys having a little fight, you'd probably get away with it anyway. As long as you don't cause them too much harm, it'd be ok. Having said that, threatening people with violence is a crime, so if the girls feel seriously threatened, it might be better to go to the police.

[Serin]

they're you're friends

Cindy! Spelling! I expected much better from you

[DC]

Cindy! Spelling! I expected much better from you

i learned to spell friends ages ago.

[Lucinda]

Cindy! Spelling! I expected much better from you

Corrected.... well that was embarrassing, sorry.

In my defence, I haven't been getting enough sleep lately because I've been staying up late for no good reason and it affects my spelling.

[Jono]

I learnt all my spellings with the magic pencil on 'Words and Pictures' at school.

[John]

This may seem like a daft question, but its one that has bugged me for a while... How do you get that line in the middle of the text? :confused:

[Jono]

Strikethrough is something I added to the forum, so you can't see it as a button. It's 'S' in a squared bracket, like B for Bold.

[John]

Oh right! I see!

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