re: #104 jamesfirecat

If you want to fill up America’s court rooms with another 95% pointless case in an attempt to soak a sitting member of our congress for a few thousand dollars and make sure he can’t do his job for a month or two be my guest.

We have to have the same rules for everyone. If I attacked some obnoxious media droids (as I cheerfully admit I feel like doing from time to time), I would face the consequences in court, apology or not. The judge might be lenient but a crime of violence, which assault and battery most assuredly is, cannot simply be overlooked because of the offender’s status.