Just for the record, my comments were in response to the actual story and not the new scenarios you’ve just now included to buttress your case.
But my comment was about what I commented about — if you wanted to respond to my comment, you should not be surprised if I assumed you understood the context of my statement.
Telling me how to make my own argument, when you apparently had no idea what I was responding to, doesn’t seem a useful argumentative technique.
BTW, just so we are clear, having read more stories on the particular incident, I do think the man who punched the guy deserved to be arrested. For example, apparently after punching him once, he then proceeded to try to attack him more, but was restrained, and only stopped when he realized the guy was really hurt, and then he ran off.
My argument is more about a “righteous physical response”, where boorish people who get away with verbal abuse because they could care less what you say about them, receive an “appropriate punishment” that they DO understand — a single punch to the face, not in anger, but in retribution.
I am not advocating a beat-down mentality. I never did, but want to make sure you are brought up to speed in case you were unsure.