Dave, for the most part I agree with what you say but for one slight adjustment, I wouldn't under normal circumstances contend with someone who couldn't defend themselves adequately ...... There is no justification or satisfaction in injuring someone who can't fight .... However (I'm sure you knew this was coming) every once in a while somebody comes along who resets the bar such that even though they can't handle themselves, they make themselves eligible for what would otherwise be deemed as an inappropriate attack from someone who can fight.
Basically, he's bullied and threatened so many people, he deserves to be served up.
I think with someone like barnett, he won't listen to reason, nor to compassion nor to any moral or legal argument, he does what he does with impunity - the only language that will make any form of difference to his behaviour is man's oldest form of communication, violence.
It's a sad indictment of just how badly this situation has deteriorated in the past year but barnett is the one who's been driving the agenda here, nobody else.
If anything does happen along those lines, then he only has himself to blame, he's upset far too many people, far too many times in such a disgustingly short period.
If I were barnett, I'd be getting my ass down the gym and learning how to defend myself or getting fit enough to take the baton from Usain Bolt.