Originally posted by culero
Well, I hate to be a party pooper, but what if he'd turned his head 90 degrees just after you released the throw, and the apple hit him in the temple?
Do you want to know how much prison time you might have gotten then or now if serious injury or death had been the result?
culero
That would have sucked.I was a 17 year old kid.I didn't throw it on a whim.
The lunch bell had wrung,and I had already grabbed my lunch,along with my trig book that had homework and papers in it.The guy in question thought it would be funny to knock it out of my hand,which he did.All of my notes,papers,etc scattered all over the place,and he scooted down the hall laughing.
I didn't consider the social ramifications,I just reached in my lunchbag,grabbed the apple and fired.
I was busted by my English teacher who was standing right there.He was also my baseball coach.He asked,"why aren't you always that accurate?"
I was just a kid that threw an apple.The other guy got apple sauce on the side of his head.No one was hurt,and I never did anything like that again.I think the principal also realized I was provoked.
So,are you suggesting that I should have been punished based on what could have happened,instead of what did?