I don't need for bad guys to be afraid of a beating from Superman, but I want them to know that you can't eff with the guy, because he'll always have the last say, laugh, and hurrah. That's partly why I wouldn't mind if Superman were a bit of a troll. Being physically abusive to bad guys may be overkill, but if he's making you pay somehow for being a criminal or a jerk, you stop doing that. When you're Superman, there's a level of oneupmanship that us normies just can't match, and I'm all for seeing him do it. There used to be a time when "Don't tug on Superman's cape" meant something meaningful...