this reminds me of the same argument me and my wifey usually have, in that you cannot always just stop/pause a game and get up for dinner or to go do something. it really get's to me since she does not understand that concept and if she unplugged a game in progress i would really be pissed off too. although i will not assault her with a taco or anything else for that matter.
Game is not that importand so this guy did go too far and deserves to sit in jail for a while to think ...
so all in all both sides was wrong and right ...