The headline and story suggest that gender is important in this altercation, but it isn't. Someone was stabbed. We wonder why. Police inquiry suggests provocation, based on physical evidence and at least one eyewitness account. The investigation continues. There's been no report of charges filed, so we don't yet have an accused. Just your stereotypes.

You claim your original provocative post was merely a benign statement of fact. You tried something similar recently with the suspended football player. "Here we go again," you wrote. No one rose to that bait, denying you a launch point.

Now, your argument has devolved into obfuscation and deflection masquerading as sophistication and erudition. Even when wielded capably, that rarely works. Just as you claim to see what is "completely" obvious -- as if that weren't a binary state -- so do many others. In the name of peace, you demand that the contemptible half the world's population bend to your will. Yes, we've noticed.