Dave Appel said:
DA>I retreated back into my townhouse.  He came right up to my door, so I
DA>grabbed my pepper spray and went back out.  He backed down a little but
DA>was still calling me "muther f-ckin' nigger" and telling me I was going
DA>to be sorry for doing what I did.  He never laid a hand on me, and never
DA>broke anything, so I knew that if I called the police that they wouldn't
DA>do anything.  I was determined not to throw the first punch since I was
DA>twice his size.  But he was trying very hard to get me to throw the
DA>first punch.  He wanted me to beat the living daylights out of him so
DA>*I* could be arrested!  He was verbally pushing all the buttons, using
DA>fighting words, and making all the right threats to provoke a response,
DA>but stopping short of anything for which he could actually be arrested.
DA>The little sucker knew the system, and he was playing me.  Once I
DA>figured him out, I turned the tables.  I became Phil Donahue.  I asked
DA>him "Do you need a hug?"  I went into a feel-good sermon about letting
DA>go of the hate and learning to love.  A posse member spoke up, and I
DA>offered him a hug too.  They didn't know how to handle that, so they
DA>left.  I reported the incident to the apartment manager who let me in on
DA>a few things.  The kid is on drugs, he's been doing the same thing all
DA>over the complex, and his mother is in prison.  And yes, I'm moving the
DA>hell out of here.
Wow!  You had a session with a murderer-in-training!
Congratulations on keeping your cool and dealing with the situation.
BTW -- do you find it ironical that someone who spews political garbage
over a computer net can be prosecuted -- but the police will not respond
when a person who stands outside your house with a weapon (even if it is
only a rock) and issues theats?
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