I didn't "generalize that all locals feel superior". I specifically talked about the attitiude of "SOME" (even used big letters). If this 16yo lad had a propensity to follow this bad example then SOME (big letters again, yeah?) people in UK society will take physical assault as their first course of action against it.
As you have showed, some people can react to comments with greater venom. This could get them into situations they can't handle. The article says he was "slow to react". Can any of us honestly say he wasn't talking himself into a situation he just couldn't handle while his friends saw the danger and tried to get out of it?
I didn't "generalize that all locals feel superior". I specifically talked about the attitiude of "SOME" (even used big letters). If this 16yo lad had a propensity to follow this bad example then SOME (big letters again, yeah?) people in UK society will take physical assault as their first course of action against it.
As you have showed, some people can react to comments with greater venom. This could get them into situations they can't handle. The article says he was "slow to react". Can any of us honestly say he wasn't talking himself into a situation he just couldn't handle while his friends saw the danger and tried to get out of it?