My statement was "...am I approving of any violence that might be committed against him or alerting him to certain unpleasant realities?"
Clearly, there is nothing in that statement that suggests that a physical assault was justified in any way.
And I'm sorry that such simple logic is so difficult for you to grasp.
If I tell a child not to play in traffic, am I justifying any injury that might occur if they don't listen?
By your "logic," I am.
By any sane logic, I am not.
LOL
you keep talking about Logic, but you aren't Spock, so why don't you just stop embarrassing yourself?
Mike is oversensitive.