"There’s a time and a place for everything, Buster" Topic

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This is neither.

Interesting that rubbing someone is considered "battery."

The difference between harassment and flirting is if she/he is attracted to someone it's flirting. If not … is harassment. Sounds humorous … but seems to be true.

Battery:
"1. In criminal law, this is a physical act that results in harmful or offensive contact with another person without that person's consent."

Grabbing her ass or honking her boobs would both be considered "battery".
I guess the guy considers himself God's Gift to the ladies.

The incident started in a bar, so I'm sure alcohol was involved, and we all know how much more attractive we become after a few drinks. Or more than a few drinks.

@Legion4: Smiles, eye contact, and compliments are flirting moves. Stroking the butt of someone you just met is never a flirting move. Pretty much the only time you can do that is when the recipient is a professional companion that you've just hired.

Where I'm from, bum groping is considered 4th degree criminal sexual conduct.

we all know how much more attractive we become after a few drinks.

Well an old USAF pilot told me … "Go ugly early … avoid the rush …" Of course that could work for either sex I'd think …

Grabbing her ass or honking her boobs would both be considered "battery".

Yeah that is clearly wrong …

Smiles, eye contact, and compliments are flirting moves. Stroking the butt of someone you just met is never a flirting move. Pretty much the only time you can do that is when the recipient is a professional companion that you've just hired.

Well … yeah !

Damn, y'mean I've been doing it wrong all these years??!

Where I'm from, bum groping is considered 4th degree criminal sexual conduct.

Which was never addressed in the article, since the assault was against a "jail employee". Most jurisdictions increase the severity of/penalties for offenses that are conducted against peace officers in the conduct of their duties.

Many jurisdictions also elevate severity/penalties when the offense was conducted against someone in their non-enforcement place of work.

As an adult in a place of public accommodation, you have a lot of options on how you engage or disengage with offensive people. At your work, your options are more limited. If you work in enforcement, you tend to start with a biased population in the first place.

Battery:
"1. In criminal law, this is a physical act that results in harmful or offensive contact with another person without that person's consent."

Yes, interesting that a word which originally referred to beating, pounding or striking someone is now applied to inappropriate touching.