Posted by Ken Kurtis on February 04, 2003 at 11:46:22:
In Reply to: postscript about "punching them in the stomach" posted by Karl S. on February 03, 2003 at 20:45:14:
Karl wrote: "I thought that qualified as assault and battery in the State of California, whether underwater or on the surface?"
When you're holding on to a bolting student intent on getting to the surface as quickly and immediately as they can, and you're doing everything in your power to make sure they're exhaling, I think it qualifies as common sense.
- Ken