re: Should you be arrested for fighting a drunk person, even if they "started it"?

I'm talking about not engaging them. If you know the person's drunk or acting intoxicated, and is being verbally aggressive towards you, do you have a duty as a sober person to leave.

If you stay or mouth off back it escalates. That escalation is your fault for not leaving, because the drunk person has no ability to control themselves at that time.