I thought that his post was quite clear. He said it was a provocation, not a justification. In other words, if I slapped your face you would be provoked into doing something. Your response may be appropriate(slap me back) or it may not be(whip out a gun and shoot me).
Please go to the HTML Sandbox, learn how to copy and paste. I am not going to scroll back to post 21 to figure out what you're talking about.
Posting the specific quote you are making reference to would make it easier on everybody around here.