"I got it, but I was showing the relevance. At what point is it justified? Never. Being a lawyer you of all people should know revenge is never legally justified. Two wrongs never make a right." Satan, I am a lawyer, not an idiot. And you are correct, revenge is never a LEGAL justification. But, sometimes a school bully needs to be socked in the mouth. This country is too "litigation happy." Call the cops, tell the principal, tell a teacher, etc. Sometimes that stuff works and it should be done first. But in the end, sometimes a bully needs to be socked in the mouth. How many years was this tree around where blacks did not/could not sit under it? And when they tried, nooses got tied to it. Not saying the victim was the bully, but in the end, self-help and self-preservation is necessary.