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Originally posted by the411
BUT--the Alphas should at least get a smack on the hand for their role in creating the conflict. That's MY opinion.
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I don't understand that. Why should they be punished? Think of it this way. I'm a single woman living alone. If one night, I'm sleeping in bed and hear a living room window break, I'm going to get out of bed with a baseball bat and clobber whoever I saw in my living room. If the guy gets a concussion, that's his own fault. I had no way of knowing who the intruder in my living room was. I have no idea if the window breaking was intentional or accidental. In short, I don't know if the guy intended to harm me or not and I defended myself accordingly. No jury in the world will convict me for assault--I was just defending myself.
It's the same situation. That Alpha had NO IDEA whether or not the Omega meant to harm him, and he defended himself accordingly. This occured in seconds. Nobody had time to wonder about the other guy's motives or to tell themselves to back off because the other guy might be crazy. They simply defended themselves. The Ques may have a case for their appeal if the action that started the fight was mis-interpreted as being hostile. Grabbing and tearing up a check that another group was receiving on state can't be interpreted as anything but hostile. Shoving, I could excuse, pushing, I can let it slide, being tripped up, could be an accident, but tearing up a check that I'm receiving on stage? I don't think so. I'm not going to stand there and wonder about the other guy's sanity. There simply isn't enough time for me to think about it.