I am not carrying any water for the jerk who got punched. He deserved to get punched.

But when you look at the possible ramifications today, maybe the puncher guy should have done something else. Possible massive civil lawsuit, etc. Just because you can do something, doesn't mean you should do it.

I saw Adam Cartwright get in to a dozen fistfights on Bonanza. I saw Adam knock out a half dozen bad guys. But, Adam never killed anyone in a fistfight, and there was no civil court in Virginia City in 1866.

Times have changed.

This ain't the Ponderosa, and you ain't Adam Cartwright.