Case Scenario:

I'm with a freind of mine (Imran) playing some tennis at around 9 pm. A chinese man with his family comes a little later than us and sits down and start to wait. We were playing pretty good in my opinion. Imran was kinda down because someone at Mosque stole his shoes which were worth $200. It was all going pretty good until the guy started making noise. He asked rudely "how long will u guys be!?" Imran responded harshly "just 2 more games man! Can you wait!?" The guy was making noises the whole time and Imran gave him a few faces. Eventually he asked again and Imran started making fun of his accent and was saying "Do you speak any English?" the guy got mad at that and said "you want me to call 911, I'll call the police!" He got up and came to the fence that seperates the bench from the tennis court. Imran was making fun of him and he started to yell now. All the while his poor family was trying to restrain him. He had a wife and about three girls, one of which was a teen. They were all afraid that their daddy was gonna fight Imran, and if my dad wanted to do the same, I'd be scared for him too. But this guy was old, at least 55. and short. Imran was a big brown guy who looks like he's 20. The guy clearly didnt have his head on straight. It escalated to yelling, the guy literally yelled "1 hour! You play for 1 hour, now we play!!!" Imran yelled, "Shut up BITCH!!!" then the guy started coming round the fence and his family tried to restrain him. We did leave the court and the guy was really angry. He was shouting at Imran and pointing at him to which Imran replied, "dont point your finger at me." To which he stopped doing it. Why did this situation escalate? I think it was because of Imran, he was making some childish comments and I can see the man taking offense, however he has no right to be so rude when we're playing. All the while, I just kinda stood by and watched all this, I felt sorry for the mans family. I wasnt scared for Imran. If anything the guy wouldve been decked and put into a coma. After we left and were headed home I went back and apologised to him for what happened. I'm not exactly the go fight em up type. I said sorry to his wife and his kids and headed on my way (I said all this when Imran was gone mind you) I dont know why people cant just wait, but theres a good thought. He said he came with his family and lights do go off at eleven and we were pushing it, but he was acting like a child just as much as Imran. I dont care how much someone insults you, you shouldnt blow your top like that and put yourself and your kids in danger. For all he knew, we couldve been two teens who would have no compunctions about taking out knives and doing him in. You just dont know these days. The real question is, did the man get what he deserved, or was Imran in the wrong? I think its a little bit of both. If Imran had just been more polite, maybe it wouldnt have escalated, but the guy is still a fucking dick for doing what he did in front of his family.