I realize that this comment has been up for a long time, but just in defense of Buzz Aldrin: the punch was less in response to the man claiming that he was wrong, and more in response to the man being verbally abusive (don’t believe everything you hear, search on Google for Buzz Aldrin Punch and you can get a video for yourselves.) There’s a difference between violence being the appropriate response to reasoned argument and violence being the appropriate response to abuse/someone else’s violence/etc.
I realize that this comment has been up for a long time, but just in defense of Buzz Aldrin: the punch was less in response to the man claiming that he was wrong, and more in response to the man being verbally abusive (don’t believe everything you hear, search on Google for Buzz Aldrin Punch and you can get a video for yourselves.) There’s a difference between violence being the appropriate response to reasoned argument and violence being the appropriate response to abuse/someone else’s violence/etc.