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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>And then there is ‘mayhem.’ Mayhem is serious battery that results in permanent (specifically physical and not psychological I think) injury, disfigurement, etc. But an instance of ‘touching’ per se in point (b) in the definitions below would have to be deemed ‘unlawful’, I presume by the person expressing that they don’t want to be touched, if the touching is not otherwise threatening or violent, right? It does say ‘unlawful touching,’ which is a little unclear in the context of those definitions. The law also has distinctions such as ‘aggravated assault,’ and so on. Complicated stuff.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Ok, time for another anecdote: Some many years ago a friend of mine, a fine bassoon player, wanted to have a few lessons from an even more accomplished bassoonist in a big symphony. My friend did have one bad habit: He tended to tap his foot to the beat while playing. At the first lesson with the renowned teacher, after about 5 minutes of playing by my friend, the master stomped on my friend’s jittery foot with painful result. My friend said he was shocked, but he never tapped his foot from that day forward. Ok. Is this a potential case of battery on the part of the master teacher? …maybe the student would have had to given prior warning to the teacher not to touch him.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>If I were able to exercise today this kind of physical teaching technique on some of my horn students, without getting fired, I could quickly cure them of bad technique or habits that often continue to plague them for 2, 3, or many more years despite my best efforts. Ah, for the Good Old Days…. ;-) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Bob Dickow, troublemaker<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Tom Hansen<br><br></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Courtesy of Title 18 (Crimes and Punishments), Chapter 9 (Assault and Battery) of the Idaho Statutes at:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://legislature.idaho.gov/idstat/Title18/T18CH9SECT18-903.htm">http://legislature.idaho.gov/idstat/Title18/T18CH9SECT18-903.htm</a><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>-------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>TITLE 18<o:p></o:p></p><div style='margin-top:12.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>CHAPTER 9<o:p></o:p></p><div style='margin-top:12.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>ASSAULT AND BATTERY<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal> 18-903. BATTERY DEFINED. A battery is any:<o:p></o:p></p><div style='margin-top:12.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>(a) Willful and unlawful use of force or violence upon the person of another; or<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>(b) Actual, intentional and unlawful touching or striking of another person against the will of the other; or<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>(c) Unlawfully and intentionally causing bodily harm to an individual.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>