[Travis McGee]

It's strictly "he said, she said" and nobody would even issue an arrest warrant on it, let alone prosecute it and put it before a jury.

Legally speaking, you are correct.

Now imagine a group of foreign Japanese students at an American state college in January 1942 laughing about Pearl Harbor, and regretting that the carriers were missed.

Do you think it would have been a legal matter, or a bare knuckles matter?

Of course, the Japanese were at least in marked airplanes attacking military targets, not cutting stewardesses throats to fly planes into buildings full of civilians. After enjoying American open door hospitality.

Forget bare knuckles: these Saudi students deserve baseball bat massage therapy.

[beckett]

Now imagine a group of foreign Japanese students at an American state college in January 1942 laughing about Pearl Harbor, and regretting that the carriers were missed.

Do you think it would have been a legal matter, or a bare knuckles matter?

I agree Travis. The story is outrageous. I believe the guy. My remarks in this thread have been somewhat misconstrued. I'm only saying that as far as the American legal system is concerned, the Ethiopian student would have almost no chance of proving his version of the story unless one of the Saudi students or some disinterested witness verified his account.