Originally Posted by
Bladesyphon
It's amazing how you can say so many words, and manage to be wrong on every single point about them.
To begin with - you're comparing real life consequences of the modern day with a fantasy setting that does not have the same laws and criminal punishment systems as we do. Azeroth is a world based on high medieval fantasy, where someone punching another person doesn't lead with the person who did the punching going to prison over an assault charge. Assuming that someone in Azeroth would run and cry to a guard about being punched, the person would likely spend a day or two in the Stockades, and then be released with no lasting charges. What is more likely to happen, however, is someone gets really mad in a tavern, starts a brawl, and is thrown out by the tavern keeper, who is likely to threaten to kill the guy if he comes back. Why? Because this is a medieval high fantasy world, not the modern world, people have different moral values in Azeroth, and the justice system there is a hell of a lot different than ours. Remember, Garrosh was a war criminal who was being judged by magical ancient beings that were going to forgive him for what he did, even though by modern standards, Garrosh would have been put to death for any number of his atrocities.
Second, this is a magical world where you have berserking warriors whose strength is fueled by how angry they are, Rogues that can disappear into the shadows with a flick of the wrist, mages that can hurl fire balls at one another, and a laundry list of other completely fantastical things. Punching someone is probably considered a pretty minimal way of showing your distaste towards another person in Azeroth, especially considering Anduin could have mind-flayed Wrathion should have have desired, so clearly there was some restraint in there somewhere.
Than you have to consider that Anduin is being heavily manipulated by N'zoth, an eldritch horror capable of corruption and manipulation. Remind me again how many of those exist in the real world? Anduin acting out of character was done intentionally by Blizzard to push that point, and put weight in Wrathion's revelation to Anduin at the end of the cinematic.
All of that can simply be boiled down by the fact that you're trying to think that the real world laws apply to the people in Azeroth, and they don't. If there weren't assault laws here in the US that prevent people from outright punching others, you can be damned well sure you'd see a lot more fights on the streets and in bars than you do now. Assault charges are the *only* thing keeping most people from hauling off and punching someone, not moral values.