Here is the point you are too damn thickheaded to understand. If it was a man, with the same size and strength as the woman, who was punched by Ray Rice, my feelings about the assault would not change at all. I think the size, strength, ability of those involved should come into play in cases like this. Your hyperbole and 'what ifs' are irrelevant.
Ray Rice is a professional football player..a running back. He is going to be bigger and/or stronger than most people he will encounter. He needs to learn to control that strength and not respond with a disproportionate amount of force. He had many other ways to end the situation, but he chose to punch her in the face. On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 9:38 AM, Rick Faircloth <[email protected]> wrote: > > I wouldn't hit my wife back, at all. > > But that's the way I roll. Everyone doesn't have to play by those > standards, > especially since women have declared they want to be men's equals. > > But now, if a stranger, who happened to be a woman attacked me, then > all bets are off. I'll do what I have to in order to stop the attack; > knock her out > or whatever. She's not a woman at that point; she's an attacker. > > Equal pay for equal play. > > > On 9/10/2014 2:30 AM, Maureen wrote: > > Question for you: if your wife slapped you, would you feel justified > > in hitting her with your fist? > > If not, why not? > > > > On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 11:22 PM, Rick Faircloth > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Oh, bull, Maureen. > >> > >> You would intervene based on what you think even where you're not wanted > >> or welcome. You know everyone's situation just because you've worked > with > >> "some" cases of abuse. What hubris... > >> > >> > >> On 9/9/2014 10:58 PM, Maureen wrote: > >>> He hit her in the face with his fist. If there is never another > >>> instance of abuse, that was enough. That is not love, it is control, > >>> pure and simple. And no matter what she says, he is an abuser. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:372356 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
