But you two keep on making a mountain out of the White incident and my take on it. Don't think any on this site will be surprised that you guys oppose something i say.
Speaking strictly for myself: I dipped my toe into this bucket of poop with a comment showing that I wholeheartedly agreed with your original assertion regarding drunkenness as an excuse for violence. I was, admittedly, somewhat surprised and actually pleased with the uncharacteristic meeting of minds that occurred, but...then you managed to progress to this:
...he is bigger, stronger and well versed in fighting. He could have done real damage no doubt. That he did not do so is as much a part of the story as the slap itself. There was no fight...
Here we go again; some sinister conspiracy is hinted at, one which carefully manipulates and curates and edits all we see and hear to control public opinion. I am more likely than most to agree that we can't take anything...from any source...completely at face value...but sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. I watched the video (surprising, as I don't know or care anything about this clown)...twice!...and drew my simpleminded conclusion from what my eyes told me. I don't need to consider the deep ramifications and hidden meanings and intentional errors of omission behind a video of a big guy attempting to beat a small woman. No, sorry, I don't agree that what he didn't do is as important as what he did. That is a ridiculous and overcomplicated assertion. He did what he did...for all to see...in a crowded place full of cell-phone cameras. He is either an idiot, or completely lacking in self-control, or both.
What's this about the phrase "beating a dead horse"? Is that somehow forbidden now?
The term, "flogging a dead horse", could be applied to every thread you two get involved in, lol.
I reckon you two, in real life, actually know each other, and are best buddies, lol.
And for pure entertainment value you have both agreed to disagree with one another on the forum, no matter what the subject, much to everyone else's delight, lol.
Keep up the good work!
Esox...pay attention! Keep up with the conversation! Forcing me to type extra words to explain where we are is tiring, but...
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beating a dead horse is a term referring to the use of fists, clubs, cudgels, bludgeons, bats...tools of real violence. It's a bad thing...so bad, in fact, that it's mere mention or use as a metaphor is apparently frowned upon, according to some sources.
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flogging a dead horse is done entirely with open-handed slaps, and is apparently entirely acceptable, although often blown out of proportion during discussion period in the exercise yard.
