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On Dec 30, 9:04*pm, Michael Press wrote:

"It's not something people should get arrested for,
but a little retaliation is in order."

I am not confused.

Dude,

No matter how many times you quote that
sentence from me and leave out the following
sentence about noogies, I am not going
to get angry or spew invective or issue
moral judgments. It amuses me.

I still want to know what you thought of
the guitar scene from Animal House, though.

"It's not something people should get arrested for,
but a little retaliation is in order. I think giving
the heckler a noogie would be about right."

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Retaliate (Page: 1230)

Re*tal"i*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retaliated (?); p.
pr. & vb. n. Retaliating.] [L. retaliatus, p. p. of
retaliare to retaliate; pref. re- re- + a word akin to
talio talion, retaliation. Cf. Talion.] To return the
like for; to repay or requite by an act of the same kind;
to return evil for (evil). [Now seldom used except in a
bad sense.]

One ambassador sent word to the duke's son that his visit
should be retaliated. Sir T. Herbert.

It is unlucky to be obliged to retaliate the injuries of
authors, whose works are so soon forgotten that we are
in danger of appearing the first aggressors. Swift.
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By saying "retaliate" you assert that harsh words
are equivalent to battery.

The second sentence that I had not been quoting
confirm that in speaking about retaliation you
truly mean assault and battery.

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Michael Press