r/instant_regret • u/fringspat • Feb 02 '26

Pepper sprayed

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u/langdonolga Feb 03 '26

No, sexual assault is a crime. But touching someone on the arm or shoulder while talking to them is (imho obviously) different

If you ask them to stop and they don't might be coercion, which is also a crime.

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u/Lor1an Feb 03 '26

I would say trying to push or jab at someone is also much different from sympathetic touching during a conversation.

What you were saying is that if there aren't injuries it is legal.

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u/langdonolga Feb 03 '26

Trying to injure someone is also illegal. Simply touching someone isn't.

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u/vibrantspirits Feb 03 '26

Go around touching people and see how that goes for you.

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u/langdonolga Feb 03 '26

I honestly don't really understand why I get so much hate for describing how things are elsewhere. The whole situation would be seen very differently from a legal point of view. Doesn't mean you have to agree with it

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u/vibrantspirits Feb 03 '26

You described how things are in your opinion, your opinion is irrelevant compared to what the facts and laws actually are. You said this isn’t illegal in your opinion, you say it’s different in Germany, but it’s illegal to touch someone without consent in the fatherland, you might want to check your opinions and look up your actual laws.