Myfriend, its generally not MO Rabbis who are posing as having smicha. Or having gotten it off the back of a matchbox.
Every letter from my neices schools is addressed to “Rabbi” – my BIL is NOT a rabbi. He has no smicha. The school said they address everything that way because so many people ask. Its assumed in Lakewood that you have “smicha.”
And these are large rabbonim.
The point is though, you would look at those dressed differently than YOUR standards as halachically wrong. I know people who think if you don’t wear tights (and sheer ones don’t count!) then you are violating halacha. Not according to my Rav. So if a man holds that way, I am in NO WAY liable for his hirhuring.
Mod80, I disagree that the man is responsible. It doesn’t matter what I have, its not your right to take it away. I just may be more likely to lose out in some way.
In scenario 2, you could make the case that it still is partially the man’s fault. Why is he carrying his wallet in his back pants pocket and not the front? Or why wasn’t he wearing a stomach pouch that no one can see? Sure, its more of a lifnei eiver situation, but it doesn’t make the man wrong.