In a message dated 98-08-28 03:20:15 EDT, you write:

<< "Who I am don't really matter just yet.  And what I mean is you
 punchin' that little Shinji feller.  He isn't nearly as big as you, and
 isn't a fighter."  The big man gave Touji a bit of a shake.  "That's what I
 call bullyin' and I don't like it."
 
 	"He piloted that giant robot that nearly killed my sister!  He only
 got what was coming to him!"
 
 	The tall man looked Touji square in the eye.  "You don't get it do
 ya?  He is even now risking his life for you and everyone else in this
 town.  And you go and punch him in the mouth.  Why don't you ask you sister
 what she thinks of you hitting him?" >>

Actually, given how the Duke is portrayed in many of his pictures, I think
that he would appreciate Touji's reasons behind hitting Shinji.  I wouldn't
call it bullying, either.  
Now, I don't find it believable for the Duke to punch Touji in the gut like
that.  Perhaps smack him around, but not hit him in the gut with such a
powerful punch. I really expect Touji to be puking his lunch out or passed
out.
But, all in all, a very interesting idea.  
-Murmur the Fallen
who is trying to imagine what sort of sick, grotesque mayhem is going to
happen when Jesse Custer comes to Tokyo-3, looking for God