Thanks for all your responses.
@<a href="https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/member.php?u=26454" target="_blank">jht</a>: I suppose that's where our opinions diverge, then. To be fair, I feel that the environment within the boundaries of an academy is per definitio. one of debate and discussion and I don't feel that its primary purpose is to prepare people for day-to-day life, especially within the Dutch context, where most students generally don't live on campus.
@<a href="https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/member.php?u=3655" target="_blank">HopAlongBunny</a>: yeah, that's pretty much what I was thinking to, although it's worth noting that at the moment that this ruffian encroached upon my personal space I was completely sober. Besides, if I would have hit him back, I'd pretty much lose whatever moral highground I had.
@<a href="https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/member.php?u=10953" target="_blank">Fisherking</a>: Right you are. What happened to "sticks and stones may break my bones"? I'll get to that.
@<a href="https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/member.php?u=3193" target="_blank">Fragony</a>/Husar: Yes.


Actually, the plot thickens. I was walking from my home to the university when my supervisor phoned me and asked me to come into her office: apparently, the two supervisors (one for the BA and the other for the MA track) had read my blog and asked for clarification. They asked me to describe precisely what had occured, and they fully agreed that the action that our fellow undertook was completely out of line, stressing the point that within the university, you ought to be able to feel safe and secure and to have the possibility to express whatever opinion. They also filed a formal complaint and directed it to those responsible for handling cases of undesirable behaviour, so that's that.