Well, you know, I don't think it would hurt... or, more correctly, it wouldn't hurt your case, but it would still hurt them.

Yeah, and I'm not too fussed with the feelings of my imaginary, hypothetical murderer. ;P

I'd read the script (bless the Net) before I saw the Xander-eye episode, and I think that was worse. I knew it was coming, and all through the fight scene I was hugging a pillow to my chest, cringing like a dork and waiting for it to happen. (It was originally going to be a knife in his eye too, which I think is worse. But the squelching sound... Eugh.)

My brother once told me that being kneed/hit/whatever in the groin was equivelant pain level to breaking a minor bone.

Owww. I asked a guy once, and he said it's not just pain in that area. He said it's excruciating there, but there's also the feeling of being kicked in the gut as your stomach clenches and the pain shoots up. I know men have a lower pain threshold than women, but still. Ow.

Of course, a kick to that area for *anyone* isn't going to be a picnic...