In this story, I think that Johnny had higher ground instead of the criminals because he was using them as donkeys and he had cauterized one of Bill’s hand. On the other hand, the criminals gave him food a place to live and didn’t physically hurt him.
I still don’t blame Johnny for being mean to the criminals because I think he just wanted to play with them. Though I think the criminals got what they deserved because they are not supposed to kidnap anyone just for the ransom because it is not polite and it is also a crime.
I think the author of this story was teaching us a life lesson. It is to never do anything bad or else carma will get you!!! 😀