Stupid move on your end. Power is everything. And you were on the wrong side of the scales.

One of my favourite sayings: "Might does not make right, but it does make the rules." Helps avoid such situations.

Or in other words: unless you have the power to force your will on others, you have no choice but to endure everything thrown at you; oppression, force, insults, whatever. Rights, freedoms and all that are an illusion. Those with more power will always control those who cannot fight against them.

And no matter how disgusted someone might be by such actions (like Coffeeboonen up there), it won't change anything. Appealing to rights and the legal system is weak. Either be wise enough to do what you are commanded by those who hold utter sway over you or work towards gaining enough power to hold sway over them. Complaining has never gotten anyone anywhere.

Oh, and I don't mean this in any offensive way either. Just stating it bluntly, heh.

Say, I run into a group of 5 thugs in the street who throw insults at me or whatnot.
I'll obviously pass it by silently. That's the wiser choice.
But if it were only one, I'd beat him into the ground.

It's all about odds. If you can't win, don't fight (be it physically or verbally). It isn't worth it.