Well good on you taking a reasoned but unpopular position. I agree that the description of the events seems to leave out a bit, particularly the emotional content of the interactions. The rig does look intimidating and I'm not sure how I'd react in person.
He goes from "we bought our food and sat down to eat it" to "this guy assaulted me". Really? Unless they have complete lunatics at that establishment I find that hard to believe. There's a large series of events before a non-criminal who isn't absolutely insane decides to attack you.
I'd love to see the store's surveillance video and read their account before choosing sides.
It's probably wise for him not to write about those particular moments, especially given that he's dealing with the laws of a foreign country. If it could remotely possibly matter what was said, then he needs to filter that through a lawyer.
There's a large series of events before a non-criminal who isn't absolutely insane decides to attack you.
Firstly, you are demonstrably wrong, and as evidence, I would put forward around 20% of nightclub door security as exhibit A.
Also I would say it is very easy to construct plausible scenarios around this particular story.
"Remove that camera."
"I can't."
"Stop taking the piss."
"I'm not, it is all part of a medical experiment."
"I said stop taking the piss and take off the camera."
After this it goes downhill rather rapidly.
This is of course a fiction, from someone with no firsthand knowledge of the situation, but to try and make out that being attacked by security for stupid reasons is an unlikely event that does not happen to lots of people with fairly boring regularity, is an even greater fiction still.
