Keith's question re MDMD Dixon's act of nonviolence

David Morris fqmorris at hotmail.com
Thu Mar 14 08:12:37 CST 2002


Clearly you read the passage to him in a biased tone of voice.

DM

>From: "s~Z" <keithmar at msn.com>
>
>I read the passage in question to a friend today with no prior
>discussion of the disagreement here, and asked him to describe
>what image came into his head regarding the event. He laughed as I
>read the face meets fist passage, and immediately replied, "Dixon
>cold-cocked (sp?) him." When I spoke of the disagreement he rolled
>his eyes and said, "A tooth could not be broken by the force of a
>face meeting a passive fist. A passive fist would be pushed away
>by the force of the face hitting it."


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