Hitch beat down for tagging?

I'm serious. The guy is hardcore. It was not even his turf.

On the one hand, I do wonder if it was a lapse of sense, but on the other hand, it is how he rolls as the kids say these days. If they still say that. Anyway, tagging, brawling, rolling (checking list). Yes, I've punched that up nicely. Main point--sometimes one writes a 1500 word polemic that goes forth in an international publication to piss people off. And sometimes all you can do is say, "Fuck." Both are legitimate and heart-felt forms of expression. But one is probably more likely to earn you a thumping if you are caught out in broad daylight deep in thug-territory.

(Mr. Hitchens, we've seen how the latter tactic works and look forward to your exercising the former.)