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Yelling doesn't seem so bad right about now...

Here are suggestions I have received from other people. "You should have..." 1. Taken his water gun and 'accidentally' broken it. 2. Taken his water gun and shot him repeatedly in the face. 3. Taken his water gun and given it to Josh so Josh could shoot him repeatedly in the face. 4. Brought my own, much bigger water gun and had Josh shoot him repeatedly in the face. 5. Taken his water gun after the mom yelled and shot her in the face. All of these were said by "good" people. It just shows that there are reasons why it repeatedly says in Scripture to "Get rid of all anger, malice," etc. (1 Peter 2, among other places.) Too many of us hold things in and then at just the wrong moment, anger erupts, leaving a wake of damage that can rarely be undone without years of therapy for one or both parties. I am wondering why no one has said, "Yes, Tori, you should apologize" or, "Yes, Tori, you reacted badly," or "My goodnes