Do you actually think beating people up yourself is “civilized”? This is the age of the failure of reason, and our Republic.
I think that ever rule, law, and article we are expected to follow is backed up by force. That using force to defend your family AT THE POINT OF THE ATTACK is entirely ethical and even laudable.
Not sure why you seem to have such a hard time understanding that a Father would engage the attackers to protect his child.
Are you that much of a coward?