charonn0

That's just a rhetorical device. I'm not suggesting that word definitions are prescriptive.

Violence, by definition, is an unjustified use of force. If a use of force is justified then it isn't violence.

For example, suppose you're walking across a bridge and you see someone about to jump to their death. So you run over, pull them back from the brink, knock them down, and sit on them. Have you committed an act of violence? I would say not.

On the other hand, suppose the person is just standing on a street corner waiting for the light to change. If you run over, pull them back from the curb, knock them down, and sit on them, that would in fact be an act of violence.

And these creeps purport to counsel others on righteousness and morality.

!risa@startrek.website

I don't like it, and I don't think it adds anything to the experience aside from headaches and eye strain.

Perhaps you've blocked all memory of the sex scenes?

He's the kind of lawyer that gives decent, hardworking ambulance chasers a bad name.

The Room (2003)

Have you ever listened to someone complaining about how their ex mistreated them? The whining, the self-pity, the one-sidedness?

That's The Room. Written, directed, produced, and starring the guy that's complaining.

There's another, much better movie called Disaster Artist that explains how The Room ever got made in the first place.

In other words, the threats worked. All he did was invite worse the next time.

Trump couldn't even manage that.

Now the U.S. Supreme Court has spoken. Let there be no doubt, while I strongly disagree with the court's decision, I accept it. I accept the finality of this outcome, which will be ratified next Monday in the Electoral College. And tonight, for the sake of our unity as a people and the strength of our democracy, I offer my concession.

Al Gore, Dec. 13, 2000