--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > Interesting thread from the past, Richard: So, Barry > > punched his brother very hard in the stomach, to stop > > him from beating up a neighbor, after the brother beat > > up his Dad. Then you have Barry with his anti-social > > tendencies, who is only prevented from physical abuse, > > by the distance between his keyboard, and those he hates. > > > > One word: DNA. > > LOL. But I'll react to it the way Robin should have: > > "Yes, I struck my brother. It wasn't a punch, it was > a short, focused 'shuto' strike to the solar plexus > that left him sitting on the floor gasping for air > for several minutes, but I struck him. > > "I felt it was appropriate at the time, because he > had just beaten up our 70-year-old father and was > trying to do the same with a 70-year-old neighbor, > screaming that "You people don't even EXIST." I > felt that it was appropriate to remind him that > we did, and that he was out of control. > > "In retrospect, I could have accomplished the same > 'reality check' with a straight jacket, as the > facility we had to check him into did, but I didn't > have one handy. Mea culpa."
Actually he would be much more likely to say something like this: "It seemed like the right thing to do at the time, but in retrospect it was very wrong. In fact, I needed that punch a lot more than my brother did. I was the one who was out of control."
