| bluecheeze |
...so it was the last day of highschool for the seniors and we decided to have a water balloon fight. Now acouple of our friends were standing at the bus stop and while we drove by we stopped and staged an all out ambush on those two. So today i go to write a diploma and after im done writing i get brought down to the office only to see our school constable and the grade coordinator sitting there saying that when we hit our friends we also hit other people who recorded my license plate and they now want to charge me and my friends who were in the car at the time with assault..
can they actually do this? or does anyone else think this is a bunch of bullshit:dunno: |
|
|
| bluecheeze |
| so then what exactly can they do if anything? do they have any leverage on me whatsoever or can i tell them to F right off |
|
|
| Prudz_lude |
ROFL, i would burst out laughing my ass off in that situation. How are they going to charge you with assualt. I say let them and when you go to court bring the weapon. A balloon full of water :lol:
the judge will be like, where were your injuries to the victims and they will be like, "Well we didn't have any markings but we got soaked and it was uncomforatable for about 30 minutes"
:lol: :lol: Fucking today's soceity lol |
|
|
| Prudz_lude |
| i have been in way way deeper than this and i can tell you your in zero trouble what so ever. |
|
|
| NESTLE |
| tell them to f-off, all they got is your plate, say it was your grandma drivin it that day |
|
|
| bluecheeze |
quote:
Originally posted by Prudz_lude
ROFL, i would burst out laughing my ass of in that situation. How are they going to charge you with assualt. I say let them and when you go to court bring the weapon. A balloon full of water :lol:
the judge will be like, where were your injuries to the victims and they will be like, "Well we didn't have any markings but we got soaked and it was uncomforatable for about 30 minutes"
:lol: :lol: Fucking today's soceity lol
haha no doubt when they said
"the water balloons did not only hit your friends, but other people and they want to press charges"
i was like "hahahaha seriously now, what do you want me for" |
|
|
| bluecheeze |
quote:
Originally posted by NESTLE
tell them to f-off, all they got is your plate, say it was your grandma drivin it that day
haha well it was my dads truck i was driving but what really gets me is that my friend who was also there but is reffered to as a "god" in the schools eyes was convienantly left out of the story and hasnt even been confronted on the situation.. |
|
|
| gtaylor |
this sounds like classic stupid public "justice"
liek that dude in the states sueing the drycleaners for 65 mill for loseing his pants :dunno: |
|
|
| silvertable58 |
| the pants thing is the most dumbest thing i ever heard, they even found his pants too. lol |
|
|
| dtjohnst |
quote:
Originally posted by gtaylor
this sounds like classic stupid public "justice"
liek that dude in the states sueing the drycleaners for 65 mill for loseing his pants :dunno:
Yes, people wanting to charge someone with a crime that they actually did commit (read the definition of assault) and someone sueing an establishment for an insane amount of money for a minor mistake are exactly the same. Awesome comparison!!!
To answer the OP's question, you can be charged with assault. You did commit assault. I realize it was "funny" for you, and probably for your friends. But I can see why a 30 year old who got pelted by a water balloon thrown from an "immature punk".
Lesson to be learned regardless of the outcome: consider how your actions may affect others, and always bear in mind the law of unintended consequences. |
|
|
| Prudz_lude |
| HAHAHA dtjohnst he can be charged with assualt because technically it is but no judge in alberta will convict him. |
|
|
| dtjohnst |
quote:
Originally posted by Prudz_lude
HAHAHA dtjohnst he can be charged with assualt because technically it is but no judge in alberta will convict him.
You think so, do you? You think a judge will side with the "funny prank" argument and go along with the argument two young kids present? You don't think he'll care that innocent bystanders were disturbed enough to press charges? It obviously offended or hurt them in some way to go to all this trouble.
Maybe one of them was on their way to a business meeting and with his wet suit he had to go home and change, was late for the meeting, and blames the tardiness for him not getting the contract.
You all make WAY too many assumptions when people post questions on here. We're getting 1 side of the story and 1 side only. And since you're probably also young, you see this as a funny joke and people are too uptight.
As an older guy, probably closer in age to the judge and having seen more than 1 judge who's old and annoyed with the world as a whole and young people in general, I could easily see them being convicted. Youth of today need to learn to consider others. Hitting your friends with waterballoons might be funny...but what about the other people who are standing around who DON'T find it funny? There are lots of reasons why someone may not want to be splashed with water by a bunch of kids doing a drive-by ballooning.
There are a multitude of bad things that COULD have happened. And even if they didn't, those possibilities obviously weren't considered. Perhaps the people involved could "lighten up", but perhaps the kids throwing balloons could "consider others" as well. It's a 2-way street. |
|
|
| Prudz_lude |
Dtjohnst,
You make valid points and can debate very well. however, you are very narrow minded in some instances. You make me lolz. |
|
|
| Prudz_lude |
I will admit i was an accused in court for prank that was 100 times worse than this and i was aquitted and was given an absolute discharge, the other co-accused got 50 hours community service.
If you honestly think the courts are going to do anything about a waterballon fight and some random by stander getting a little wet you have to rethink what you just wrote.
Just to top it off, i know two crack dealers (not my friends) that got arrested, charged, and both recieved absolute discharges. I would love to see this kid get convicted of assualt over a waterballon fight. This is not the United States of America, this is Canada. In Canada the courts are a joke and i think we can all agree on that. Hell, if it's not clear enough how did 5 adults get away with beating a kid to death and only get house arrest? hmmmmmm elaborate for me please.
I am probably pissing you off right now aren't I :lol: |
|
|
| bluecheeze |
| just for the record, there were no adults present at the bus stop, there were just my two friends and probably three other people who also attend my school, so in total five people. If there were people there with suits and briefcases of course we would have kept driving because i know if i got splashed with a suit on i'd be pissed as well. thank you all for your input and i'll be finding out what exactly is going to happen on monday. |
|
|
| Prudz_lude |
| You just pretty much made it impossible for the courts to convict you. Your a youth, your friends are youths, and on top of that i assume all of you have no past criminal record. The courts are never going to give you an assualt charge with the information you provided. |
|
|
| bluecheeze |
| well my friend and I are 18 as for the rest of them they're 17. as for criminal records we are clean and haven't had any run-ins with the law. |
|
|
| dtjohnst |
quote:
Originally posted by Prudz_lude
Dtjohnst,
You make valid points and can debate very well. however, you are very narrow minded in some instances. You make me lolz.
Narrow minded because I disagree with giving someone a "guarantee" they won't be found guilty and it's not assault? You're right, I'm narrow minded...I like to make all possibilities clear. |
|
|
| Prudz_lude |
| hahaha shit i guess i misworded that. Oh well. what i meant to say is it seems like you typically focus on defending the most rediculous side of an arguement eg. the victim of a waterballon fight, which i commend you for because you make valid points. What i was trying to say is that the outcome is almost guarenteed to be in favour of the accused. I guess my post did look very narrow minded as well on my side of the disagreement. |
|
|
| gfk. |
| who ever was driving is going to get jail time. |
|
|
| dtjohnst |
quote:
Originally posted by gfk.
who ever was driving is going to get jail time.
? |
|
|
| bluciv93 |
| this is the stupidest charge ive ever heard. you probably did some of those people a favor by giving them a shower. |
|
|
| bluecheeze |
quote:
Originally posted by bluciv93
this is the stupidest charge ive ever heard. you probably did some of those people a favor by giving them a shower.
:lol: |
|
|
| tho_chi |
| haha an unexpected shower i wouldnt like to much, but sueing for assault. thats a complete joke, they have to be fairly desperate:dunno: |
|
|
| dtjohnst |
quote:
Originally posted by tho_chi
haha an unexpected shower i wouldnt like to much, but sueing for assault. thats a complete joke, they have to be fairly desperate:dunno:
Suing and charging are very different. |
|
|
| tho_chi |
| sorry about that but either way they dont have much on him... |
|
|
| Blackout-spec |
if your under 18 who cares...
ppl are getting away with murder. a water balloon in the face wont get you in a lot of shit. maby some community service and a written apology.
dont sweat it. |
|
|
| EDISKRAD EHT |
| You'll be fine. It wont even make it to court. |
|
|
| dtjohnst |
quote:
Originally posted by Blackout-spec
if your under 18 who cares...
ppl are getting away with murder. a water balloon in the face wont get you in a lot of shit. maby some community service and a written apology.
dont sweat it.
He isn't under 18. But yes, community service is pretty much the worst he'd get. |
|
|
|
