[lbo-talk] Republican state senator punches Democrat lawmaker, won't apologize

[Miles Jackson]

B. wrote:
> [Yeeeeeeeehaw!  -B.]
>
> Ala. lawmaker punches Senate colleague
>
> By BOB JOHNSON, Associated Press Writer1 hour, 57
> minutes ago
>
> A Republican state senator who punched a Democratic
> lawmaker in the head expressed regret, saying "that's
> not the way grown men solve their problems," but he
> said he won't immediately apologize.
>
> Republican Sen. Charles Bishop claimed that Democratic
> Sen. Lowell Barron called him a "son of a (expletive)"
> in the Senate chamber on Thursday.
>
> "I responded to his comment with my right hand,"
> Bishop said.
>
> Alabama Public Television tape captured the punch.
>
> "I was raised in the woods of Arkansas and people
> don't say that about your mom," Bishop said.
>
>
>   
Yet more corroboration of the "culture of honor" hypothesis--

Miles