Should I punch my abusive father's face?

Dear Diet Coke Talk: When I was a kid, my father used to beat me a lot. Sometimes with a steel rod. Now I'm all grown up and have a job and haven't seen him for a decade. I've always tried to forget all that shit and move on. But I've never found peace of mind. And recently, I haven't been able to sleep properly. I'm getting this strong urge to punch his face. Just once. Something inside me tells that everything will be fine and I will lead a normal happy life if I just punch his face once.

Should I punch him?

Sincerely,
Bob

Bethany: Bob, honey, what your father did to you is wrong, just wrong. He's left with you a wound that's never healed, not even long after he's stopped physically hurting you. But what you have to understand is that punching him is just gonna make you feel better for a little while. It is not going to solve the problem permanently.

Darlene: Because he'll still be alive.

Bethany: That's right. Punching a man once rarely ever kills him.

Darlene: Well, there was that one time with Helen's husband. Remember that?

Bethany: Well, that's just what I'm talking about. It was only because the other guy hit his head on the corner of the bar when he fell backwards. Such a fluke.

Darlene: And now poor Helen has to raise the kids all by herself. Keeps telling them Daddy's gone away on a really long fishing trip.

Bethany: So sad. But Bob, honey, you can't rely on that kind of fluke. Besides, punching isn't very subtle. It could land you right in jail, just like Helen's man. I personally would go with something more low key. Like cutting his brakes.

Darlene: Or poison. Your dad must be pretty far along in years now. He must have some medications he could "accidentally" overdose on.

Bethany: And there's always a good old faked suicide.

Darlene: Our point is, Bob, that in order to make everything feel right inside, you need to make him go away forever. You've got to address the root problem first. Then, when you're done, if punching the corpse makes you feel any better, you go ahead and do that. (sluuuuuuuurp) Oh, talking about murder always makes me so thirsty!

Bethany: Ain't that the truth, though? (sluuuuuuuurp)