--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > <snip> > > > And then there is the one-on-one put down. Not the most refined > > > behavior. But for it to be an attack, to draw blood, the insultee > > > has to play victim and accept it as an insult. > > > > "For it to be an attack" and "for it to draw blood" are two > > different things, as I've noted a couple of times now. An > > attack that fails to draw blood is still an attack. > > Well I am not sure I agree. > > For, example, if an ant gets mad at you, and tries to "get" you, I > would not consider that an attack. Not something I would report to > the police as an assault. They would laugh. "The ant has no ability > to hurt you." they would laugh. "Thats not an attack". > > I sort feel the same way about Barry.
Sure. But it would be more accurate to say (of the ant and Barry), "That isn't the kind of attack that can do you any damage." What makes it an attack is the intention of the attacker, not the effect on the attackee. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
