Regulating: “Is it ever ok for a man to attack a nine year old for accidental violation of surfing codes?”

The legacy of life lived, forever, in a small town… 

I was filling up the truck when I saw Billy. It was late in the afternoon. Three days before Christmas.

Back in my old home town, stopping in for the night on the twelve-hour drive up to the in-laws. The wife and kids were flying up to…