Things like this are probably why Bill Hicks had to get out of Houston

This is freaky-on last night's Saving Grace--which Holly Hunter seems to have made a hit almost by sheer force of will--someone gave her a hypothetical: A mad bomber is holding a child in front of him for protection. What shot do you take?

None, was her instinctive response. You might hurt the baby.

Meanwhile...

In a confrontation captured on videotape, a hospital security guard fired a stun gun to stop a defiant father from taking home his newborn baby, sending both man and child crashing to the floor. Now the man says the baby girl suffers from head trauma because she was dropped.

Now-there's more to the story than that. As you read further into the AP item, you start to get the idea that the father has, shall we say, some credibility issues.

Child Protective Services has custody of the baby because of a history of domestic violence between [the father] Lewis and his wife, Jacqueline Gray. Agency spokeswoman Estella Olguin said the infant seems in good health.

Lewis was arrested and charged with endangering a child. A grand jury in May declined to indict him on that charge, but charged him with retaliation, accusing him of making threats against [the security guard].

Lewis denies both charges. He said he is considering suing the hospital but has not filed any legal papers.

So. What we're left with here is the possibility that the father is unlikable and unpleasant. Unfortunately, doesn't matter once you've fired a stun gun at him while he was holding a child.

Texas, ladies and gentlemen. A state known for men given to misdirected overreaction that does nothing for anyone it might have been said to be for...(and for women who take no shit, something I sure hope Ms. Gray turns out to be).