"If someone unbuckled the bridle and girth of a horse you were on -- regardless of your right to the steed -- would not you call it violence done to you?"

Again, still, it's a serious question.

Hotspur's sense of honor Thor can understand intuitively, even when it leads him into stupidity. (Thor... can intuitively understand that part too.) But there's clearly a much bigger culture gap between him and Javert. He wants to be clear.