Allyson, I am so sorry/angry/WTFiswrongwithpeople for you. Ugh.
Mal: Go on. Get in there. Give your brother a thrashing for messing up your plan. River: He takes so much looking after.
'Objects In Space'
Natter 59: Dominate Your Face!
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Daisy Jane - Jul 11, 2008 6:36:47 am PDT #7506 of 10003
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
§ ita § - Jul 11, 2008 6:38:31 am PDT #7507 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Restraint? The hell? I'm a krav brown belt and I'm not sure how I'd go about restraining a grown man and calling 911 until 911 got there. In general, hit them until they can no longer be a threat--I guess it primarily matters how much he hit him. But that's a dicey as hell line, and dangerous too.
Please tell me they just charged your brother and that they didn't take him into custody.
lisah - Jul 11, 2008 6:44:33 am PDT #7508 of 10003
Punishingly Intricate
Restraint? The hell? I'm a krav brown belt and I'm not sure how I'd go about restraining a grown man and calling 911 until 911 got there.
I know. that's fucking ridiculous.
Jesse - Jul 11, 2008 7:15:48 am PDT #7509 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'm hoping that was just the PR answer.
I made it through the Bad Meeting relatively unscathed. Now I just have to listen in on another meeting, and then I'm done! Phew. I have to decide if I'm going to take the train/bus or cab to the airport. Lazy vs. cheap -- it's a real battle within me!
Susan W. - Jul 11, 2008 7:16:11 am PDT #7510 of 10003
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I don't know whether "defense of preschool-age son" would be a defense as a matter of law. But I don't see any jury convicting on those facts.
Me neither. I'd sure vote to acquit. I mean, I've never hit another person in my life, but if anyone laid a hand on Annabel in my presence I have no doubt whatsoever that would change that very instant.
Tamara - Jul 11, 2008 7:20:59 am PDT #7511 of 10003
You know, we could experiment and cancel football.
WTF? Allyson, I am so very sorry. Your brother did absolutely the right thing. I don't know if I could stop hitting the guy.
Vortex - Jul 11, 2008 7:23:40 am PDT #7512 of 10003
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Allyson, I have some friends at a firm in Boston. I don't think they do criminal, but could probably recommend someone. Do you want me to contact them? I'm leaving the office for the afternoon in a few minutes, but if you send me an email at my profile addy, I'll get it.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 11, 2008 7:24:16 am PDT #7513 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Allyson, what everyone else said, including any help you might need, finance-wise.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 11, 2008 7:30:08 am PDT #7514 of 10003
Oh honey, the mentally unwell people have been in the fanbase since Game Changers was Stucky fanfiction on the internet. The calls have been coming from inside the house the whole time!
Yikes Allyson! Here's hoping everything turns out well for your brother. Hopefully the DA's office will have a sense of perspective about the difference between the situation that actually occurred and just randomly pummeling someone without provocation.
Theodosia - Jul 11, 2008 7:30:33 am PDT #7515 of 10003
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I just hope Allyson's nephew isn't thinking that somehow he got his dad in trouble! That would be total little kid logic, you know?