Quote Originally Posted by Imuka View Post
If someone walks into a lets say...italian Restaurant and insults all the people, those laws do not protect this person in any way and he will get quite a beating and such a kick in the butt, that he can't sit for weeks.
I'm not a lawyer but I'm pretty sure that's not a good example scenario.

The first guy wouldn't be protected against hate speech laws, or perhaps some other kind of laws punishing his actions - but by the same token, the other people aren't protected against assault laws if they physically retaliate.