I agree and I think of it as therapy for everyone involved. I don't want to bottle it in and go home and kick the dog :) If someone says something that really deserves a beat down then administering one to him is for his own good, and oh how it relieves stress. It'll make him a better-behaved person in the long run. Words are powerful and people need to know when not to abuse them.
Writing in the paper is a different story, you can count to ten, then realize there are other ways to deal with him. We know it'll probably have a large impact on the papers circulation and advertisers. If the guys sitting next to me on a bar stool and talks like that then It's not likely I'd make it the count of ten. On 1/24/06, Jerry Johnson wrote: > Yep. It is illegal. But if you follow the courts at all, you will see > that popping a guy in the nose for patently offensive speech is often > if not usually forgiven by prosecuters and jurors. > > If not, then the person doing the hitting has to accept the > consequences of their actions. > > I don't think that, as a rule, people should be hit for offensive > speech. And what constitutes offensive speech will differ by > situation, timing, and the people involved. But sometimes I think it > is warranted. > > For example, when someone gets in the face of a grieving widow who > lost her husband in Iraq and tells her that he was a coward and > deserved to be killed (I witnessed this in person), he deserved the > ass-kicking he got by the girl's brother. There was no other societal > mechanism that could handle this (or work quickly enough), yet it was > mean and cruel and was not something that should be tolerated. The > violence was, in my opinion, less offensive than the speech. > > I think if there was a little more school-yard rules in our society, > it would actual be a better place. I understand that not everyone > agrees with me on this, but fortunately for me they aren't the kind > who are going to hit me when they disagree. =) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:194186 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
