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Old Apr 13, 2017, 3:54 pm
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Rdenney
 
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Originally Posted by sw3
Belligerence does not need to include physical roughness, just like violence and abuse can be verbal (spoken or written) and psychological, not only physical. Defying crew and police requests/instructions/orders, saying I won't get out, threatening to sue, etc. undoubtedly has to qualify as being (verbally) belligerent
Refusal of an unfair request is not belligerence. I know there are law-and-order types who want to believe it is, but we conservatives actually value the individual over the collective, and should relax our law-and-order reflexes when they impinge on our value as individuals.
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