Fist or Gun? It's a Tossup

On the train in this morning, I read this article in the New York Times about wife abuse in Africa. And I caught myself thinking things may not be good here, but thank gawd it's not this bad. Then I catch this little ditty about a husband who shoots his wife over dirty dishes in the sink. What I should have thought this morning was thank god Africaners aren't gun lovers like we are. Just when I think we've come a long way...