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Originally Posted by 10 pnt move up
I think trying to figure out if it was intentional or not is splitting hairs....he had the whip, it was under his control, the horse got hit. No one is thinking he was trying to injure the horse but teach the horse a lesson (which lesson is debatable), but the bottom line is he was in control. 6 months is very harsh, if it was much less then I don't think the story has the same vigor.
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I disagree, the fact that he was under control makes it worse for me. If he was out of control and if she would have been all over the place then I might buy the accidental story. But the way I see it was that he was in control and gave her an unnecessary whack across her head, why I don't know.