I said my suggestion is no jail time......but off the tour for 1 year and 1000 hours working with animal protection services.
I stand corrected:
hjack merely "suggested" the aforementioned punishment.
Personally, I don't think he would have delivered that harsh a sentence as a judge. [But, you never know.] Nevertheless, words are weapons that can be used to inflame or diffuse situations. In my opinion, his words inflamed and mine diffused (or at least attempted a realistic perspective).
Nice try all 'round.
Meanwhile, a thread that started off as fun -- insensitive soul that I am -- no longer is.