[metmom]

I completely intended to open a door to understanding what set him off. A good hunter needs to understand his prey. Some seek to understand the world and not just react hysterically to it. Doing so increases your likelyhood of living longer.

I am not concerned with justifications, only root cause and effect.

Your emotions are getting the best of you here, claiming I implied that it is ok for an adult man to hit a 14 year old.

Trying to understand the reason for what he did is exactly the reasonable thing to do, by definition.

Oh, quit trying to paint yourself as the hero here. Everyone can read you posts in this thread and the only person you're fooling is yourself. Nobody else is buying your patting yourself on the back and trying to weasel out of it.

[Paytriot]

Says you.

[DoughtyOne]

It’s rather self-serving of me to say this, but I obviously agree with you. My response echoed yours to a certain extent.

I didn’t buy it either.