"Perhaps the Court will make this the law of the land, but then, smart money is on the death of the provocation doctrine," he wrote Tuesday on Fault Lines, a criminal justice blog.
One sequence even slyly builds up the audience's appetite for savagery, then upends it with something graphically sexual, in a sequence that is sure to gross viewers out (no spoilers, but it struck me as a line in the sand, like some of the provocations on "Girls").
"Come on," I replied, taking the provocation, and citing statistics showing women are still socially, economically and politically at a clear disadvantage.
But on Monday, German police were questioning how many of the bikers were authentic members of the Night Wolves or just hangers-on who were enjoying the provocation.
Assuming that any differences between these subgroups would be greatest under open provocation conditions, we performed Kruskal Wallis tests on the open provocation physiological measures, VASs, and symptom scales.
Post hoc analysis revealed higher values on the VAS during the provocation chewing test for the moderate neck disability group compared to the mild neck disability group and the control group.
Lady Teazle: Sir Peter, you may bear it or not, for you must own in this case, as always, that all the provocation is on your side, and all the logic on mine.
The lesions appear in adult life and tend to bleed on the least provocation.
Pfft... Either would make for a cracking opinion column, at least on the K. Hopkins provocation scale.
