DonFerro,

I agree - to a point. Youth today are far too often disrespectful. I would never dream of disrespecting my elders, but we also must live with the fact that it will happen in today's society.

But where I disagree with you is that the original poster was happy that the old man didn't get reprimanded more heavily. I feel that looking up to these mafiosi is wrong, dispite how honorable Hollywood makes them out to be. He beat up 3 kids. Had they gotten the best of him, they would certainly be spending a bit of time behind bars.