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In reply to the discussion: Enough of the bs. Let's cut to the chase, shall we? [View all]hfojvt
(37,573 posts)without any context it is fairly empty. So he "shoved". Do we know he wasn't shoved first? Do we know how much force was in the "shove". I don't consider one "shove" to define somebody as a violent thug. In the movie Star Trek IV, the female lead gets mad at her boss, calls him an SOB and slaps him. Is she a violent thug? In the book "Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azhkaban" Malfoy is gloating about the death of Beaky and Hermione slaps him (in the movie she punches him). In either case, is Hermione a violent thug? In the Star Trek original series, Scotty punches a Klingon who called the Enterprise a "garbage scow". Does that make Scotty a violent thug?
In my world view even decent people can be provoked, even decent people can lose their tempers, or get drunk, or have a bad day, and they are still decent. Not perfect, but decent, and not demons or even violent thugs.