Then what, should I have just let them talk shit about me and have their followers hunt mine and destroy my temples and done nothing? Turned the other cheek till they finally got tired of hitting it? That wasn't ever gonna happen and you know it! So nah, they don't get to complain about being bitten after throwing that rock. And sure, it didn't particularly help -- but it felt hella satisfying wiping the smug look off their faces with my fist!

And it's 100% human influence, buddy.