And when you do run from the fight and allow the bully to go on his bullying ways he will continue to terrorize people. Maybe your cousin, your wife, maybe rape your daughter some day. And most would reply the law is there to take car of people like that. That is little consulation(sp?) to someone whos loved one has been a victim. Let's say a person is capable of stopping a person like this due to their martial arts abilities and they run and another person runs into that bully ten minutes later and is killed. Is the person that ran now liable? Yes that is a ridiculous question. But so is expecting someone to know how much of a threat someone is to them and basing the extent of their defense on that. It blows my mind that we live in a world that is so concerned about the well being of thugs. Most thugs go years terrorizing people without ever paying a legal price. A decent citizen defends themselves once and the courts come down on them like they were John Dillenger or something.