Veris, I don't know how you can be so sure that the police will exactly follow your desired scenario. It is my observation that they would be just as happy to let non-violent, non-criminal differences just be but they will push it if they are pushed and that outcome is not predictable. Wouldn't the wiser course have been to politely but firmly tell the crass idiot that he was over the line? Worked for me when I told that to the guy who was smoking in public last week. So if virgo missed an opportunity to be educational, well, there are times when we all wish we could turn back the clock and say something just right. There is a saying in the Bible, "Vengeance is mine," says the Lord. Or one of my favorite scenes from "All in the Family" when Archie Bunker gets backed into a corner by Meathead and has to yell to Edith, "Edith, get in here and help me defend God." It was funny because we all know that God doesn't need defending from or by idiots like Archie.
Mandi
Veris, I don't know how you can be so sure that the police will exactly follow your desired scenario. It is my observation that they would be just as happy to let non-violent, non-criminal differences just be but they will push it if they are pushed and that outcome is not predictable. Wouldn't the wiser course have been to politely but firmly tell the crass idiot that he was over the line? Worked for me when I told that to the guy who was smoking in public last week. So if virgo missed an opportunity to be educational, well, there are times when we all wish we could turn back the clock and say something just right. There is a saying in the Bible, "Vengeance is mine," says the Lord. Or one of my favorite scenes from "All in the Family" when Archie Bunker gets backed into a corner by Meathead and has to yell to Edith, "Edith, get in here and help me defend God." It was funny because we all know that God doesn't need defending from or by idiots like Archie.
Mandi