>>Let's put this in a better context. Suppose Jackie Robinson had acted that way whenever he was insulted (and let's face it, the insults he had to put up with were pretty gruesome). How far would he have gotten? His response was the right one. "I'm not going to beat you up, I'm just going to beat you." His tormentors didn't eat fist, they ate crow. Which one hurts more?
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>Crow shoved down the throat with a fist? :-)

Well... Ok, I'll give you that one.