Acceptable to hit someone with a whip when they're grabbing your horse?

[Participant]

It's that age old problem...you're out on a hunt and some unwashed proletariat grabs the reins of your steed in protest at you contributing to the reduction in the ginger vermin population.

Obviously you begin hitting the scrote with your whip and subsequently have him lashed, but then the video gets posted online and police appeal for witnesses.

Cut and dry acceptable to defend your pet in this situation right?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-eng...hows-hunt-saboteur-being-hit-with-riding-crop

 

[Participant]

Wow, way more sympathy for the plebeians here than I expected from this situation.

Someone dangerously accosting your pet on private property deserves jail, let alone a few wacks with a whip. At least then they'd get a shower.