METRO Mayhem!! (Or, how Lupo almost got into a fight...)

[lordlundar]

(Though, in all fairness, and to quote myriads of 10 year olds everywhere - She started it)

Or to paraphrase from my MMO games.

"It's not my fault! The bitch aggroed me!"

[Seshat]

Invisible disability, I'll grant you, and honestly, while I generally don't come down that hard on people unless I've got definitive proof otherwise, this one time, I think I snapped in regards to the overall suckiness of the situation. So, I do apologize.

Bambi.

Thank you. I don't recall who started commenting on it as 'laziness', but it kept being said.

in regards to the bodily harm, the woman was reaching for me, though I guess I left that out of the original telling, which is where the warning came from int he furst place. I see it more as warning her if she laid her hands on me, I'd retaliate in self-defense. Probably not the best way to word it, but she was physically reaching for me, her hand was about a foot away from my shoulder/neck area.

good points, both of them, however I think the warning could theoretically stand, as I stated she would only be harmed if she touched me, which in turn would be her committing assault first, wouldn't it? Wonder if I should go back and edit the OP...?

Heck, it's a normal kind of thing to say when situations like that get heated. And you're human, not some sort of Perfect Being.

IANAL, but "Don't touch me" or "Don't hit me" are legally unambiguous. "Don't touch/hit me or I'll beat you to a bloody pulp" is more ambiguous and I'd have to say 'consult a lawyer for the jurisdiction you're in'.

Say it with enough force, though, and "Don't you dare do that" can be bloody intimidating. And legally perfectly fine.