He may be overzealous but he's right on this one. It's a damned if you do, damned if you don't kind of situation, except the non-aggression option is consistently the better outcome in the longer term. The third option of walking or running away is also seen as a greater weakness than just standing there to take it. It may seem counter-intuitive but of those 3 options available less people will take the opportunity to mess with them because he stood there and took it. He got lucky in getting a favourable outcome from this, that's all.
He may be overzealous but he's right on this one. It's a damned if you do, damned if you don't kind of situation, except the non-aggression option is consistently the better outcome in the longer term. The third option of walking or running away is also seen as a greater weakness than just standing there to take it. It may seem counter-intuitive but of those 3 options available less people will take the opportunity to mess with them because he stood there and took it. He got lucky in getting a favourable outcome from this, that's all.