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Instigator v Retaliator

  • 09-10-2008 4:21pm
    #1
    Shelflife
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,077 ✭✭✭


    If you are walking down the street going about your business and someone hits you out of the blue and then you hit them back you would in a court of law be entitled to plead self defence.
    in court you would get off and the instigator would be punished.

    However on the pitch you are going about your business on the pitch and you get clobbered and retaliate then you can end up being punished more then the instigator.

    I believe that the instigator should be punished harsher than the retaliator.

    any thoughts on this?


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  • #2
    Hazys
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,510 ✭✭✭Hazys


    Shelflife wrote: »
    If you are walking down the street going about your business and someone hits you out of the blue and then you hit them back you would in a court of law be entitled to plead self defence.
    in court you would get off and the instigator would be punished.

    However on the pitch you are going about your business on the pitch and you get clobbered and retaliate then you can end up being punished more then the instigator.

    I believe that the instigator should be punished harsher than the retaliator.

    any thoughts on this?

    Did you know a similar incident happened in the Connacht V Leinster game? ;)


  • #3
    Shelflife
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,077 ✭✭✭Shelflife


    Kinda wanted to keep it general rather than specifics , but i may know of the incident to which you refer.:)


  • #4
    Hazys
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,510 ✭✭✭Hazys


    On a serious note, i think its different because the Ref is always "supposed" to be there to protect you, so you shouldn't have to relatiate (obviously this isent always the case, and you have to relatiate to protect yourself).

    While on the street the Gardai will not always be there, so you have no choice but to protect yourself or your a dead man.


  • #5
    Pshan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 240 ✭✭Pshan


    This is a bit like some of the threads here - Poster A sets out to be controversial like calling Best a scumbag, Poster B takes exception and maybe name calls Poster A and hey presto Poster B gets a rap over the knuckles or banned.


  • #6
    muincav
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 810 ✭✭✭muincav


    The reason JAMES HASKELL got a rap on the knuckles and BEST got an over the top ban is, Haskell is English and most of the England internationals never seem to get the appropriate punnishment for their crimes when up in front of a discipline board-whereas any international from outside of England seems to be, well you could say "high tackled" by the board...dont take my word for it, if you look at any of the bans this year it rings true....also, if you type "James Haskell" into Youtube, you will see some of the tackle he has got away with and to be honest it is a disgrace...:mad:


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