shouldn t really be responsible for the criminal conduct, right, assaulting, punching, of others. that s the criminal side. you could say this was not foreseeable to us. the counterargument is, yes, it was. it happened before and so on. let s see what the company has to say. here s a statement from the company that makes the air jordan sneakers. consumer safety is of paramount importance to us. we continue to work with our retail partners to share best practices and refine our launch process to improve the buying experience for our consumers. did a lawyer write that? we encourage people wishing to purchase our products to do so in a respectful manner. does that get them off the hook? i don t think so. notice. notice what? what s missing is any language about foreseeability. reasonableness. of course they re not going to put that in there. of course lawyers wrote it. because they want to be careful. the lawyers aren t going to admit to liability in civil action. gret