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  Gary, you are bringing on Christmas past, present and future at the same time.
  That what happened at the time is the past.
  The present would suggest reconciliation.
  Of the three people who could be called a name in this episode on the train, the three active participants, each has something to say sorry for.
  
  So one cannot compare sentiments after the fact with those at the time, providing there is a sense of realisation on the part of each person involved that they did something wrong or unnecessary.
  
  You make it look as if the person who swore is still searing at the guard now and will do so in the future. So will he be called "a yob" tomorrow and next year?
  
  If one keeps calling people names, what else than anguish will come from it?
  Has the big man come forward and bothered apologising? Has the guard recognised he might have exagerated and risked causing delays to tens of thousands of people for a ticket worth £2?
  
  As it stands, the big man has something to answer for, he used violence on a passenger and it was not to defend anyone.

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