Tony.London Suburbs Wrote:  -------------------------------------------------------  > ...and if you did hurt him,how many times did this  > re-occur?..Even if it did in your example,my long  > experience tells me that people are infinitely  > more likely to continue with something if they get  > away with it.Indeed they push the boundaries even  > more.A thief will steal,say ?25, then ?50 and will  > "up the ante" if there is little or no  > comeback....    The point I was making, which someone else made earlier, is that it wasn't up to me to dole out the punishment and in doing so, I got myself into trouble as well.    And to answer your question, it made no difference at all whether I retaliated with brother or not - he still nicked my toys!