The boy who was attacked ended up asking if the girl bully he defended himself from was okay. He was worried about her - even after she had viciously attacked him. If I were the boy’s father, I would be very proud of my son.
Thanks. Sounds like a young man with some standards.
Your comment reminded me of a poster my Dad had given me when I was a kid. It had a painting of the aftermath of some of the fighting during the Barbary Wars, where American sailors were tending to the pirates wounded. There was a quote from one of the defeated pirates who reportedly stated (and I am paraphrasing from memory) that the Americans “in battle, were as fierce as tigers, but in victory, as kind as musselmen.” I remember asking Dad what musselmen were, and he said it meant a man of faith, or a priest. I believe that is the general trait of the American fighting man. Fight like hell, but be merciful to your enemy when the fighting is done. What this boy did was in that tradition.