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2018-02-13 04:19:24 UTC
If it happened to your daughter, your sister, or yourself, would the
perpetrator be merely a "naughty boy?"
Well, in actuality, John did not "choke" Annie. He did not physically hurtperpetrator be merely a "naughty boy?"
her. He stopped himself in the midst of his anger. In comparison, I have seen
women with black eyes, multiple bruises and broken bones. There is a big
difference here IMO.
nobody's shown me where he's told an actual lie, I assume the book says
Denver choked the woman.
When did Denver "stopped himself?"
Ten seconds before bruises would have formed?
Twenty seconds?
Half a minute?
For how long may a man lay hands on a woman before you have a problem
with the assault?
Did he threaten her with a "power saw?"
And the absence of a black eye or two, bruises and broken bones means
nothing of import happened?
"Big difference" indeed.
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Alone -- in bad company
Love -- a temporary insanity, curable by marriage
Marriage -- a master, a mistress and two slaves, making in all,
two
Positive -- mistaken at the top of one's voice
Saint -- a dead sinner, revised and edited
-- Ambrose Bierce, THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY