Lafayette
Regular Member
Okay, in another thread that I now can't seem to find, there was the discussion as to whether or not there was a difference between the "The imminent threat of grievous bodily harm or death" and "The threat of imminent of grievous bodily harm or death".
In that thread, several people posted all kinds of 'evidence' stating that there was a difference between the two, scolding me for using one and not the other and since then I've researched it and spoken to people of knowledge on the subject and they can't see a real difference between the two either.
The two are very much interchangeable with no significant difference and before making such posts claiming there is a difference you should really consider whether or not you are helping the self defense community or harming it by causing unnecessary confusion.
Perhaps I should be following the advice of others not to even waste my time trying to correct this issue but given the fact that there can be real world ramifications with such confusion I thought it would be irresponsible not to.
In that thread, several people posted all kinds of 'evidence' stating that there was a difference between the two, scolding me for using one and not the other and since then I've researched it and spoken to people of knowledge on the subject and they can't see a real difference between the two either.
The two are very much interchangeable with no significant difference and before making such posts claiming there is a difference you should really consider whether or not you are helping the self defense community or harming it by causing unnecessary confusion.
Perhaps I should be following the advice of others not to even waste my time trying to correct this issue but given the fact that there can be real world ramifications with such confusion I thought it would be irresponsible not to.