In a traditional game of basketball you normally have a number of fouls you can give before you sit out?
I don't see anything wrong with fouling, and even fouling to an xetent to "make them earn it" (and also earn it at the line!) without being violent, just fouling hard - it is a contact sport! This is what happens to Shaq all the time!
Although i only do this when i am playing in a proper game and these someone officiating.
Although if they don't think they're fouling you or they're fouling excessivley hard or violently, then there's a problem. It's hard to understand the circustances you were playing in? was it a game of street ball?
was it one on three? who else where you playing with, with the group of hooligans?
Anyway, on the contrary to that, whenever i play street ball - well, more-so just basketball on an outside court, i ain't a gangsta or anything

i hate people who whinge and whine about really weak/soft fouls - although it's were a line is drawn; it's hard to understand the extent of what was actually happening through this communication of writing simple text! I mean, i am getting images of guys just bitch slapping you all the time on purpose? You should probably walk away from them instead of carry out a game if that's the case?