tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post8466593034690460208..comments2024-03-28T05:13:13.921-04:00Comments on Books, Inq. — The Epilogue: Let's get ready to rumble …Frank Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-20248821243704668172016-03-13T10:28:29.462-04:002016-03-13T10:28:29.462-04:00I would prefer to handle it myself, period. Someon...I would prefer to handle it myself, period. Someone might want to break it up, but that's their business. As for Trump's "thuggery talk," it's talk. Has he specifically incited anyone to violence? That would be a crime, and I'm sure he knows that. Getting violent over things he says that you don't like is also a crime. I don't know the details of the McGraw incident, but even if the guy was getting in McGraw's face, punching somebody is assault. Everybody ought to calm the hell down. Peaceful protest is fine. Disrupting free speech is not. Frank Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-56277281900588546892016-03-12T22:12:27.566-05:002016-03-12T22:12:27.566-05:00So then, if someone punched you in the mouth, and ...So then, if someone punched you in the mouth, and someone else stepped in to help you, should we then say, "let 'em fight it out. They all think they're so tough."<br /><br />Or isn't it the perpetrator, the original thug who punched you who would be at fault. Anyone who would want to stop the fighting would be on the side of inured parties.<br /><br />This is what we have, the Trump campaign egging on violence, people stepping in to protest, and now we accuse the protesters of initializing the violence.<br /><br />QED<br /><br />Interesting staging problem here too. When that guy McGraw sucker punched the black kid, the security people did not then go after McGraw, but continued to be physical with the protester. The problem is, that when security or the police secure someone in order to physically escort them, the training is that that arrested person is then under their care. The person being physically escorted cannot defend themselves, and is completely at the mercy of security -- for everything, including such things as food, hygiene and health care. Trump, therefore, has had extremely flagrant and irresponsible security issues long before people came together to protest his violence and racism yesterday. Rus Bowdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08412920154921512774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-2054513235760776142016-03-12T21:11:37.870-05:002016-03-12T21:11:37.870-05:00If someone punched me in the mouth, I wouldn't...If someone punched me in the mouth, I wouldn't need any bystanders egging me on. I've done my share of fighting.Frank Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-43968206765662486692016-03-12T19:08:46.797-05:002016-03-12T19:08:46.797-05:00The protesters were holding up their peace signs. ...The protesters were holding up their peace signs. The violence was begun in how Trump with his thuggery talk, inciting his followers to rough up protesters as they were taken out of arenas.<br /><br />If someone punched you in the mouth, would you want bystanders saying, "Let them fight it out" -- as if there were 2 sides to the story? Uh uh. This is Trump's doing. Rus Bowdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08412920154921512774noreply@blogger.com