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Old 22nd May 2018, 04:05 PM   #81
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Originally Posted by mgidm86 View Post
I'd consider someone balling their fists at someone and saying they might knock they're head off to be violent.

I would say being forced to leave a restaurant with the staff hot on your heels to be violent.

Calling the cops or ICE is not violent at all - and no, it isn't non-physical violence either. You might want to look up the definition.

Or is it like the definition of racism these days - "fluid"?
Let's go to Merriam-Webster:

"1a : the use of physical force so as to injure, abuse, damage, or destroy"

Yep, I fully stand by what I said.
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