[Trust but Verify]

No, I think people should act like adults. If a person is being physically hurt, force of some sort might be necessary. If someone is called a name or touched inappropriately, if we believe Monahan's story, then force is not necessary. Tell me, Eric, did Mr. Monahan 'do the right thing' by acting like an idiot and causing further upset and anguish for his wife, or could he have used a more grown-up approach and ended up on the winning side of it?

I believe in looking at his writing in it's totality in judging the type of person he is and the veracity of his story. He sounds like a nutcase.

[TaZ]

"When I asked her what was the matter, she tried to quell her tears and sobbed, 'I’m sorry...it’s...they touched my breasts...and..." That’s all I heard. I marched up to the woman who’d been examining her and shouted, 'What did you do to her?'"

"Tell me, Eric, did Mr. Monahan 'do the right thing' by acting like an idiot and causing further upset and anguish for his wife, or could he have used a more grown-up approach and ended up on the winning side of it?"

I'm sorry, I don't see anyone "acting like an idiot" in Mr. Monahan's story...I see an upset, concerned husband and father to be.

What would you have done, tell your wife that she was over-reacting?