Sadly I doubt he even felt it.
The Founders were downright evil.
So just copycat what the show before you did? You have to have differences in how people react. Or else people are simply going to turn your show off.
Using words is copycatting? Is there only one way of addressing another? Every Starfleet Captain worth his or her salt has to be capable of both speaking to and reading potential opposition. Even Jellico - despite his abrasiveness - knew how to manipulate Cardassians without tossing a single haymaker.
As to Farscape One's other point: had I read up on Q incidents (as I assume Sisko would have), I would have known that he doesn't directly assault/kill others and, so I would have figured that the Marquis of Queensbury match on behalf of this nigh-omnipotent entity was an attempt at amusement on Q's part (i.e., not a serious bout). Finally, despite his grating personality, having Q subtly on humanity's side during The Dominion War is better than him remaining purely a spectator; if nothing else, we - the viewers - could have been treated to some neat Prophets/Q interactions (or, at the least, commentary about the former from the latter).
“Q-Less” happens a year-plus before anyone in the Federation is aware that the Dominion even exists.
He slapped mines to the hulls of their ships and threatened to detonate if they didn't retreat. And I don't think it was an empty threat. Sure, it's not literally punching someone, but let's not pretend this isn't just as provocative an action.
Considering the Cardassians were planning an invasion there, and hatched a plan to capture Picard, I wouldn't consider what Jellico did provocative. He was taking care of a threat to the Federation.
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