<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">It depends. A child or a <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-0><SPAN>vulnerable</SPAN></SPAN> adult it is considered battery <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-1><SPAN>regardless</SPAN></SPAN> of if the person can vocalize their disagreement or objection. <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-2><SPAN>Basically</SPAN></SPAN>, if you are doing something with <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-3><SPAN>someones</SPAN></SPAN> body they don't want you to do it is battery. For example, you cannot hold a child or adult down from walking somewhere you don't want them to go. <VAR id=yui-ie-cursor></VAR></SPAN></div>
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<DIV style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 0; MARGIN: 5px 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; HEIGHT: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 0px; BORDER-TOP: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px" class=hr contentEditable=false readonly="true"></DIV><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Joe Campbell <philosopher.joe@gmail.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Paul Rumelhart <godshatter@yahoo.com> <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</SPAN></B> Moscow Vision 2020 <vision2020@moscow.com> <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Thursday, September 20, 2012 4:00 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [Vision2020] Huh?<BR></FONT></DIV><BR>Actually not. It only counts as battery if you clearly state "I don't<BR>want to be touched." If you say nothing, they can keep touching you.<BR>That's
what a Moscow cop told me, at any rate. Joe<BR><BR>On Thu, <SPAN id=misspell-5 class=mark>Sep</SPAN> 20, 2012 at 3:15 PM, Paul Rumelhart <<A href="mailto:godshatter@yahoo.com" ymailto="mailto:godshatter@yahoo.com">godshatter@yahoo.com</A>> wrote:<BR>> If I remember correctly, simply touching another person when they don't want<BR>> to be touched is battery.<BR>><BR>> Paul<BR>><BR>><BR>> ________________________________<BR>> From: Tom Hansen <<A href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</A>><BR>> To: Moscow Vision 2020 <<A href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A>><BR>> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 2:15 AM<BR>> Subject: [Vision2020] Huh?<BR>><BR>> Courtesy of the "Public Records" section of today's (September 20, 2012)<BR>> Moscow-Pullman Daily News.<BR>><BR>>
-------------------------------------<BR>><BR>> MOSCOW POLICE<BR>> Tuesday<BR>> 1:38 p.m. - Police are investigating a potential battery at the University<BR>> of Idaho Commons where three ministers were preaching using the Bible. Some<BR>> of their statements caused students to get upset and a woman was accused of<BR>> touching a minister with her hand.<BR>> -------------------------------------<BR>><BR>> So, some students did not look favorably upon some teachings from the Bible.<BR>> I lose my lunch every time I glance over the <SPAN id=misspell-7 class=mark>Credenda</SPAN> Agenda.<BR>><BR>> And the <SPAN id=misspell-8 class=mark>capper</SPAN> . . . "a woman was accused of touching a minister with her<BR>> hand". This is a crime?<BR>><BR>> Book 'em, <SPAN id=misspell-9 class=mark>Dano</SPAN>!<BR>><BR>> <SPAN id=misspell-10 class=mark>Seeya</SPAN> round town, Moscow, because . .
.<BR>><BR>> "Moscow Cares"<BR>> http://www.MoscowCares.com<BR>><BR>> Tom Hansen<BR>> Moscow, Idaho<BR>><BR>> "We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college<BR>> students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."<BR>><BR>> - Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)<BR>><BR>><BR>> =======================================================<BR>> List services made available by First Step Internet,<BR>> serving the communities of the <SPAN id=misspell-11 class=mark>Palouse</SPAN> since 1994.<BR>> http://www.fsr.net<BR>> <SPAN id=misspell-12 class=mark>mailto</SPAN>:<A href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020@moscow.com</A><BR>> =======================================================<BR>><BR>><BR>>
=======================================================<BR>> List services made available by First Step Internet,<BR>> serving the communities of the <SPAN id=misspell-13 class=mark>Palouse</SPAN> since 1994.<BR>> <A href="http://www.fsr.net/" target=_blank>http://www.fsr.net/</A><BR>> <SPAN id=misspell-14 class=mark>mailto</SPAN>:<A href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020@moscow.com</A><BR>> =======================================================<BR><BR>=======================================================<BR>List services made available by First Step Internet,<BR>serving the communities of the <SPAN id=misspell-15 class=mark>Palouse</SPAN> since 1994.<BR> <A href="http://www.fsr.net/" target=_blank>http://www.fsr.net/</A><BR>
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