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WEYMOUTH — A Facebook feud between two young men who knew each other from school ended with one biting off pieces of the other’s ears during a fight, police said. Andrew MacDonald, 19, of Grove Avenue in Hingham was charged with two counts of mayhem after a fight at Riverway Plaza on Bridge Street in North Weymouth, police said. MacDonald and the victim, a 24-year-old man from Quincy, exchanged insulting Facebook messages online for a few weeks before the fight early Saturday morning. “Mayhem? I shouldn’t have bitten off his ears. If I punched him in the face and knocked him out, I wouldn’t be in so much trouble,” MacDonald is quoted as saying in a Weymouth police report. MacDonald allegedly put the victim in a “bear hug,” going after each of his ears. Friends retrieved the body parts and took the victim to South Shore Hospital, where police were called at about 12:30 a.m. Saturday.

Biting off people’s ears? That’s so 1980′s. And it’s also very Un Hingham like. I thought they just settled their differences by slapping each other in the face with white gloves and called it a day. I guess not. Regardless I’m not sure it’s fair to charge this guy with two counts of “mayhem”. Maybe one count but two? Like my vibe is that these guys hated each other and agreed to settle their differences on Riverway Plaza like men. So don’t cry after the fact when you get your ears bitten off. I mean Tyson didn’t get charged with “Mayhem” when he bit Holyfield’s ears so why should this guy? Sure it’s dirty move, but that’s the nature of a street fight. I guess this just reinforces that why you always go for the knockout over the bite.