Whereas the conventional wisdom calls for killing your neighbors with kindness, resident Bryan Stewart took the idea to its literal extreme.

According to the Pensacola News-Journal, Stewart was approached by neighbors about unpleasant yelling and other noises emanating from his home. Stewart responded by exiting the house with his hand in a strike position, wielding a machete with the word “kindness” scrawled across. One of the neighbors stepped in to block the oncoming blow, and in the ensuing fracas, suffered a cut on his left hand.

Police eventually responded and arrested Stewart, who was booked on charges of aggravated assault, aggravated battery and assault with a deadly weapon without the intent to kill.

Potential Preaching Angle:

Kindness, rather than a weapon to be wielded literally or figuratively, is the default posture we are to have if we want our enemies to become our friends.

Source:

David Moye, “Florida Man Threatens to Kill Neighbor with ‘Kindness’--The Name of His Machete,” Huffington Post (1-14-19)