don't see the difference, plutarch
I don't see the difference either, belMarduk.
It all depends on who "slaps" first.
Perhaps we can both agree than anyone who slaps another person's face without provocation, whether with a derogatory remark or a sardonic smiley, is looking for trouble -- and too often they find it.
A slap is a slap.
Which reminds me, in all the old movies I ever saw depicting duels between Frenchman, they always started with one of the antagonists removing his glove and slapping the other's face with it.
The slap didn't hurt. It wasn't intended to hurt, not physically. It was the insult.
In days of old, men of honor would sooner risk death than turn the other cheek.
