[Lee.]

I used to be part of a crowd who's answer to everything was violence.. All the blokes were little rich boys whose mammys used to keep them dressed in designer gear,but ultimately,they were no more than football hooligans. If their team lost at football,they'd fight,if their team won, they'd fight.If anybody looked at them the wrong way, they'd fight. I remember an old bloke felt my arse once in a pub and the lot of them (would never fight alone) took him outside and beat him until he was unconscious! When I saw what they'd done I went to phone for an ambulance, and got told that if I didn't get back in the pub and shut my face, I'd get the same.. that's the only time I've ever hit someobody.

So the "protecting your own" thing aside, I just have a hatred for violence, and to answer the OP, I really don't think it is ever acceptable.