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Rumblr is Like a Dating App, But for Fistfights

posted by cmn32480 on Monday November 09 2015, @07:50PM   
from the what-is-this-world-coming-to dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

"Bro, your face is pissing me off, want to throw down?"

That's an example of the sort of dialog that goes on in a new app called Rumblr, which can be used to set up fistfights with total strangers — you know, Fight Club style.

Rumblr is set up like a dating app, except the dates happen in parking lots and back alleys, not restaurants, and they culminate in throw-downs instead of get-downs.

Sigh.

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• Re:Tell 'em step off, I'm doin' the hump! Re:Tell 'em step off, I'm doin' the hump! (Score: 3, Informative) by hemocyanin on Tuesday November 10 2015, @02:22AM

  by hemocyanin (186) on Tuesday November 10 2015, @02:22AM (#261036) Journal

  An agreement to let someone perform an illegal act on you is usually void and the act is still illegal. So if the fight occurs in a manner that doesn't line up with the laws on consent in sporting activities, both parties could end up on the hook for a crime. This will vary state by state so it will be impossible to state any hard and fast rules until 50 state Supreme Courts have ruled on the issue. Obviously, some people will say this is like organized boxing but that is an argument that might not fly. Note the bolded part below -- it would be an easy decision for a court to rule that publicized unorganized brawling is something that should be discouraged, violates public policy by virtue of being harmful to the public, and thereby rule that both voluntary participants are criminals:

  Consent may be available as a defense to an assault/battery charge, depending on the jurisdiction. Where available, if an individual has consented voluntarily to a particular act, then that same act generally cannot be asserted to constitute an assault and battery. But if the extent of the act exceeds the permission provided, it can still provide grounds for assault and battery charges. Also, it should be noted that courts scrutinize consent as a defense closely, and tend to find that harmful actions, even if consented to, violate public policy and should still be punished under assault, battery, or other laws.

  http://criminal.findlaw.com/criminal-charges/assault-and-battery-defenses.html [findlaw.com]

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• Re:Tell 'em step off, I'm doin' the hump! Re:Tell 'em step off, I'm doin' the hump! (Score: 1) by Francis on Tuesday November 10 2015, @03:11AM

  by Francis (5544) on Tuesday November 10 2015, @03:11AM (#261043)

  Yes, but in cases like that both parties would be prosecuted. Hence why it's likely to be somewhat less likely to result in criminal charges.

  And even if it is prosecuted, it would be very difficult to prosecute as both parties involved would undoubtedly take the 5th when it comes to testifying.

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  • Re:Tell 'em step off, I'm doin' the hump! (Score: 2) by hemocyanin on Tuesday November 10 2015, @09:06PM

    by hemocyanin (186) on Tuesday November 10 2015, @09:06PM (#261432) Journal

    All it takes is one video and a prosecutor gets two easy wins.

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