Hi all.
It is an interesting thread.
I fully understand the "chin 'em" brigade, because I belong to the same group. I have also been unfortunate enough to have been cauhgt in a few situations which have invloved yours truly being attacked and having to chin them or helping an innocent bystander when they have been accosted and having to have a bit of wrestle.
I don't think many people appreciate the personal repercussions involved with "having a go". They are most unpleasant. For example having been attacked by a drunk lunatic and having him attempt to punch me I hit a corker of a right cross to his eyebrow which at first rendered him unconcious. My first instinct was I killed him. I don't wish that feeling on anyone. Once he recovered (to my huge relief) and the police had cleared him away. He was faced with the prospect of losing the eyesight in one eye and me being charged with afray. Not a pleasant experience.
A second example was when I stepped in to help a fellow citizen in the middle of the day when he was attacked by a drugged out, very big, recently released convict (so the police explained to me after). The end result after a little bit of a wrassle was that the druggy had his nose broken and I was covered in his blood. Again I don't wish upon any law abiding citizen the experience of having to get tested regularly for HIV simply for helping out a person who was the victim of a random attack.
My point is this. It is all well and good to want to get a bit of your own back. But it always invloves repercussions and most of the time they aren't very nice.
The law and the authorities need to do a better job of protecting those who abide by the rules.
As for those who think that writing down the number plate would have resulted in anything significant being done, really don't know how the system works (or doesn't work)
With my rant done I wish all a very happy weekend and many gob free miles of running.
