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patrickp · 09-03-2006, 17:10

We don't really know very much about the background to this, do we?

For starters, we don't know if there was a real danger of someone attacking the boy with a knife, or whether he was simply making an unnecessary gesture.

We also don't know the reason he felt he might be attacked with a knife: he might be threatening others with a knife himself, and using the vest to give himself what many might feel to be an unfair advantage in this situation.

I'm not saying either of these scenarios are appropriate; simply that we don't know what the background to this actually is.

09-03-2006, 17:10	#10
patrickp Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: in the groove Posts: 897	Re: Schoolboy not allowed to protect himself? We don't really know very much about the background to this, do we? For starters, we don't know if there was a real danger of someone attacking the boy with a knife, or whether he was simply making an unnecessary gesture. We also don't know the reason he felt he might be attacked with a knife: he might be threatening others with a knife himself, and using the vest to give himself what many might feel to be an unfair advantage in this situation. I'm not saying either of these scenarios are appropriate; simply that we don't know what the background to this actually is.