Oh ok good. This whole thread has been convoluted. People I normally agree with I'm arguing against, and vice versa. Kind of hard to keep things straight.
Dude this was just a random scenario with no basis in reality. The real point was how a fight can be escalated an extreme amount, and a badly worded law wouldn't allow you a defense.
Depending on wording, this would be an atrocious law. Who started a fight is murky enough, but if you don't take escalation into account it's just silly.
e.g. Someone calls your mother a whore, you push them, they pull a knife on you and stab you, you shoot them. You started the fight, you get...
I don't see how that doesn't apply. Kids can still swing 2X4's.
My dad lived in Gary when he was growing up and got into fights all the time. Often times getting the crap beaten out of him a lot. He told me this one story about him fighting this kid when the kids little brother started...
His not accomplishing hardly anything makes him better than 95% of other congressmen, imo. But really though, given the political climate the past 30 years it's hardly surprising that a "libertarian" would really accomplish a whole lot in a body of 545 people that are for the most part extremely...