Sigh. The downvote button is not an "I Win" button, for the record.

But to answer the question, no. But I do consider the potential repercussions of my actions and determine whether escalation is worth it. In this case, he chose to escalate the situation, and got knocked down. Was it worth it? Did he "win" the altercation, or "teach that bully a lesson?" No. Nothing was gained.

In the source video, there's plenty of incidents where the guys did deserve to get hit, shoved, or whatever, but in this particular case, it was uncalled for.