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Appropriate Violence

My late mother always told me it was NEVER appropriate to hit a girl.  However she also said, it was okay to hit another boy, if . . .”absolutely necessary”!

I am amused at the uproar over some male actor slapping another male actor at the annual Oscars award ceremony last night.

Apparently, one male actor made a tasteless joke about the other male actor’s wife, which is unkind and inappropriate.

Trashing some women may be worse than just slapping them, as their emotions tend to run deeper.

I salute the male actor who slapped the offensive male actor, but wonder why he didn’t give him an uppercut to the chin, instead of a mere slap?

I know, I know . . . we’re civilized people who shouldn’t resort to violence . . . unless “absolutely necessary!’

It was appropriate violence last night . . . not inappropriate violence.

Not all violence is inappropriate!