User blog comment:Thief12/Thief12 and Season 8/@comment-1194123-20100423192408

Yeah, but him slapping or beating up a man wouldn't be anything new. I think the writers are aware of this and have done it a couple of times now to shock the audience in some way. Like I said, I don't care about it morally cause it's just TV, but when you look at it some way, it does feel somewhat forced and not as organic as other things in the show.