Paris mans up

What exactly happened between Percy Paris and Keith Colwell outside the MLAs' washroom in Province House last Thursday night? Was it a "scuffle" (CBC, Global), an "alleged scuffle" (Metro, Globe and Mail), an "altercation" (Chronicle-Herald), an "incident" (CTV, Yarmouth Vanguard), a "bizarre incident" (CBC), a "fight" (Yahoo), a "kerfuffle" (also Yahoo), or even a "brawl" (SunNews). "Brawl" seems way over the top, and to my ear, a term tinged with racism in this context. "Scuffle" and "altercation" seem about right. "I guess there would be some physical contact," said Inverness Conservative MLA Allan MacMaster, the one uninvolved eye-witness who has spoken...