i said it was cos of projecting and offered alternative, i never
said mine was correct. i was raising a possibility. i did use the
word maybe in most of my post or it could have been thus...

false bravado means? maybe i am in the wrong kind of country if you
can't helpy our friend when he/she is being hurt physically.......
oh wait, its not the first time i have noticed dumb laws around
right?
As i said, the law may disallow it, but thats not to say what he
did couldn't be understandable or justified from other non-legal
perspectives.