Violence should be prosecuted

Consider a contrast in images, if you will. First, picture in your mind a high school football game; say it’s a long-standing rivalry between two teams. Bragging rights are at stake and the tension is high.

The young, pubescent athletes are all geared up, blocking and tackling each other, their helmets making a loud hollow popping noise as they collide with one another.

Now picture a large defensive player losing his cool, getting into a shoving match with a much smaller quarterback after the play is blown dead. The defenseman reaches out and grabs the quarterback’s facemask, ripping it off th...