In defense of the defenseless?

There's a sense of competition in doing the right thing sometimes.

You hear about a man beating his woman on the daily, and you wonder why he would take out whatever frustration that's got him frosted with hate, liquor breath and a heavy hand on his wife.

Why wouldn't he do that with someone his own size? Why won't he try that with me?

There's the pacifist's way, where we know you can't stamp fire out with more fire. You need to sprinkle on some water.

But when a man wants to defend a woman who's getting beaten by another man, we're resorting to violence with no question. Someone's getting ruffhoused.

For some reason, when it comes to things like that, a lot of us are thinking "I wish you'd try that with me and see what happens."

But there's no rehabilitation.

So then I wonder how much of a factor that she's a woman has to do with us wanting to shut shiznit down. How much of it is us actually protecting. And how much is wanting to prove we could stomp a guy. Kn'amsaying.