Not disagreeing, just using your comment as my entry...
Choking is done with two hands.
But a single hand to the other persons throat, to prevent them from getting any closer to you, is also defined by law as "choking".
Even though it's not.
When was the last time you saw a person get choked-out by one hand? Aside from in the movies.
If a guy wants to hurt someone, he's not choking them. He's punching them, throwing them to the ground, etc.
And if choking them somehow turns into a preferred option, it'll be done with two hands.
I'm not saying he did or didn't, or that Beard did or didn't. I just don't understand how people jump to the B conclusion that he was trying to choke someone rather than the A conclusion which should be that he was defending himself.
Either way, as has already been said... he's an idiot for letting himself get into that position in the first place. And that's an A conclusion!
So anyways, someone needs to alert all the Beard supporters to this thread so we can really get the thread going for some prime drunk posting/arguing tonight!
It's the weekend, baby!