All I meant was nobody should be doing something they may come to later regret. Yes, stand up to your bully, but that doesn't always mean you do to them, what they did to you.

OP's friend was under the influence of alcohol so it's safe to say he wasn't fully in control of himself. Now in this instance, imagine if something went wrong? What if he went too far and seriously injured the bully?

In the eyes of a third person it's simple - drunk guy beats up unsuspecting person. No one is going to care if that person was a bully or not.

I know it doesn't sound fair when you tell someone to be the bigger person but then what's the alternative.

Imagine you were bullied by someone in school. A lot. Ten years later you meet them. Are you going to beat the crap out of the person after 10 years? Without knowing if they've changed as a person, without knowing if they regret their actions, without knowing their situation at that time? Look I understand anger and I would also want to beat my bully up. But think about it from a broader lens. What if Romit's bully was a changed person who did eventually come to regret his actions but never got the courage to vocalise it? I'm just playing the devil's advocate here because I believe it's important to look at things from both sides.