conflict resolution re obama & Prof. H. Gates, cop

[Adam Blatner]

GrandiosityJim's scenario is a compliment to the kind of thing that Moreno might do. But here's another scenario problem: 
     My wife and I were trying to piece it together and had an epiphany: An alternative scenario:

    So the story unfolded as it was reported but there was a time delay. (I'm doing a Sherlock Holmes, here, considering different possibilities no matter how outrageous and discarding those that don't compute.) So what occured to us is the following. Prof. Gates gets in the house, whew. Hey, how about a little drink? No one here, maybe a not-so-little drink. A little later the cops arrived. Gates might have been a little tipsy and inclined to be foolishly belligerent.  Could he admit it? Would he, even later? Might it collide too much with his professorial status?  Could the cop dare suggest this out loud? Unless he reeked, he could deny it. The focus would be on the "not in my own home indignation scene." 
        Did anyone even think this rather obvious alternative?
      Why would a man get belligerent and self-righteous with a cop? You want to be very calm with a cop: He's trying to find out what's up, and lives at a state of near-overload of perception: He's like a soldier in Iraq. Very humble, low-key, take out all your papers. Calm, calm. 
   Never ever get uppity with a cop of any race.  They don't know if you're gonna pull a gun on them.

         And no one has a drop of beer beforehand!  It makes you stupid. There are situations in which a little numbness and stupidity are okay. Perhaps that's why Obama had Biden as back-up. 

    Sorry, I was raised on silly folk music in college and used to sing the satirical temperance song, "The Song of the Salvation Army," and this situation makes me think that the song isn't so dumb. "Just one little drop...." 
   And as for your wondering if you're grandiose regarding about your intuition about using psychodrama for conflict resolution: Well   perhaps I'm equally grandiose:     http://www.blatner.com/adam/level2/conflictres.html  
 
      Anyway, here are the song's lyrics: The Song of the Salvation Army (popular around 1955 when there was a lot of folk music at college)
   We're coming, we're coming our brave little band,
On the right side of temperance we now take our stand;
We don't use tobacco because we do think,
The use of tobacco will lead to drink.
      CHORUS:  Away, away, with rum, by gum,
With rum, by gum, with rum, by gum,
Away, away, with rum, by gum,
It's the song of the Salvation Army.

We never eat fruit cake for fruit cake has rum,
And one little bite turns a man to a bum,
Oh can you imagine a sorrier sight,
Than a man eating fruit cake until he gets tight. (Chorus)
 
We never eat cookies they have yeast,
And one little bite turns a man to a beast,
Oh, can you imagine a man more disgraced,
Than a man in the gutter with crumbs on his face. (chorus)

We never eat peaches for peaches ferment, 
And a peach will ferment at the least little dent,
Oh can you imagine a thought more obscene,
Than a man getting tight on peaches and cream. (chorus)

We never drink water, they put it in gin,
And one little sip and a man starts to grin,
Oh, can you imagine a sorrier plight,
Than a man drinking water until he gets tight?  (chorus)

We never drink tea, they mix it with wine,
And one little drink turns a man to a swine,
Oh,can you imagine a sorrier sight,
Than a man drinking tea and singing all night? 
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