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Originally Posted by Lasereth
Now, the actual question/situation posted: I would of course let him beat me up. Killing someone when they did not threaten your life is against the law. <B>In the original poster's situation, killing the attacker would send you to jail</B> because he did not threaten your life. Hell, the situation even states that you would be mildly injured. The question makes no sense and the situation would never happen.
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This varies from locality to locality. Here, if the person puts you in danger of grievous bodily harm, you can legally kill them. That can mean many things...I had a judge once tell me that getting kicked would qualify, since he felt that getting stomped to death was a very bad way to die. Personally, I operate on the "malicious wounding" scale. If you are at risk of injury that would require bones to be set, or sutures to repair, or any kind of surgery to repair the injury (like knocked out teeth), or the potential loss of an eye, that's grievous bodily harm.