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who made the first physical contact?

Posted by infrequent | April 12, 2007 2:31 PM
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Oh, uh-uh. Much as I demand respect for women, committing a felony assault is not the right response absent a need for self defense. Period. If those young women did not need to defend themselves, they had no legal right to use force.

Let's not turn this into the lesbian version of a gay panic defense, now.

Posted by Sachi | April 12, 2007 2:45 PM
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He might have deserved to get his as kicked, but he shouldn't have been stabbed repeatedly.

Never the less, we now have two new cool band names:

"Seven Bloodthirsty Young Lesbians"

and

"The Seething Sapphic Septet."

Posted by elswinger | April 12, 2007 2:50 PM
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Yeah, what elswinger et al said. No matter what you think about fists flying and bigoted insults, the line is drawn at knives and guns.

Posted by Gomez | April 12, 2007 2:55 PM
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Amen Charles, A-fucking-men!

Posted by matthew | April 12, 2007 3:00 PM
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Very VERY respectfully to gomez--- have you ever been discriminated against for being gay?
When someone tries to tear you down just for being gay, I think guns and knives are very appropriate. Its time people stop assuming we will just take it. Its time for GLBT's to fucking fight back. In Eddie Murphy's homophobic "Delirious"(one of my favs actually of his stand ups) he says "the guy wadn't just a faggot, he was a kick your ass faggot"

Posted by matthew | April 12, 2007 3:05 PM
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"When someone tries to tear you down just for being gay, I think guns and knives are very appropriate."

I think that's a Ghandhi quote.

Wait, i mean Osama Bin Laden.

Posted by Max Solomon | April 12, 2007 3:09 PM
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Nobody deserves any of that shit. Not the verbal assault, even less the physical one.

Posted by Jeff | April 12, 2007 3:13 PM
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So somebody calls you a name, and that makes it okay to slash away at his vital organs? I am all for a good ole fashioned ass whoopin', but there is quite a big difference between that and atempted murder....

Posted by what a shame | April 12, 2007 3:14 PM
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Unless, Matthew, your argument is that, if YOU are getting a beat down because you're gay, or whatever, you need to use a gun or knife to defend yourself, then I would support you.

But if you were walking down the street and someone said "Hey fag," so you shot them in the face, sorry, you're on your own on that.

Posted by elswinger | April 12, 2007 3:24 PM
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I remember hearing about the attack when it first happened. He's a fucking asshat for trying to put all the blame on those women, but, even asshats don't deserve to get knifed.

Posted by keshmeshi | April 12, 2007 3:26 PM
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Nothing says I'm nearing 4 p.m. on a Thursday like reading about a horde of shanking lesbians on Slog.

Beautiful.

Posted by Sam | April 12, 2007 3:52 PM
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Much as I demand respect for women, committing a felony assault is not the right response absent a need for self defense. Period. If those young women did not need to defend themselves, they had no legal right to use force.
The gist I get from the articles is that he did actually attack them first. No defense of the knifing or anything, but it does say that him grabbing the one by the throat and choking her was caught on the security camera.
Posted by wench | April 12, 2007 3:58 PM
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matthew #6: "have you ever been discriminated against for being gay?"

No, but I've been discriminated against, even assaulted, for being a white male (and in one instance for having long hair). Perhaps you, too, have been targetted as a white male, assuming you are white and grew up in the city, rode public transportation, and attended public schools.

Regardless, none of the perps should have been repeatedly stabbed in the stomach and liver, then told to shut up and "move on".

Posted by Sean | April 12, 2007 4:01 PM
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Those violent lesbians are the vanguard of young lesbian culture:

http://www.villagevoice.com/nyclife/0715,hilliard,76321,15.html

Posted by Gitai | April 12, 2007 4:08 PM
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Very Respectfully to Sean, yes I did get my ass kicked regularly growing up one of the only white kids in rural Alaska. The Natives did not like us there and my Dad worked for Big oil, not much I could do, but being a gay white man, I've certainly learned to defend myself.
To all, yes I went overboard stating that guns/knives were appropriate and I take it back, it was a pseudo joke aimed at all out there who think us fags will just sit back and take it. A Hate crime is a Hate crime is a Hate crime. Does a Straight person have the right to slit my throat because they hate gays? Do I have the right to slash a straight persons throat because I hate them right back? OF COURSE NOT!
Do straight people have the right to take my rights and freedoms away? No, but they chisel away at them daily with much success all across the country and the world.
Coincidence? Maybe, maybe not.

Truthfully I only condone what the woman did IF AND ONLY IF it was self defense. Did I smile a bit reading it? YOU BET YOUR ASS!

Posted by matthew | April 12, 2007 4:15 PM
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Even if the guy was the instigator (not clear from Charles' post), it's seems she started stabbing him after he'd been neutralized by a kick-circle of lesbians (and, yes, it's hard not chuckle at that image).

I don't think that legally qualifies as a self defense scenario (at least in WA).

Posted by Sean | April 12, 2007 4:33 PM
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Matthew, I've been called a faggot gook enough times to know I'm qualified enough to tell you that you can get over it without stabbing or shooting somebody.

Posted by Gomez | April 12, 2007 4:43 PM
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i love ass kicking lesbians, i wish i could be adopted into their gang.

Posted by something else | April 12, 2007 5:04 PM
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That's why you don't leave witnesses.

Posted by DKJ | April 12, 2007 6:28 PM
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If he started it and grabbed one of them by the throat, I'm all for him getting a nice well deserved beating. But if seven of them were kicking his ass, then the knife should have stayed in the purse. A few bruises and a black eye, maybe even a broken nose... no problem. Slicing his liver? Not cool.

Posted by SDA in SEA | April 12, 2007 7:01 PM

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