I disagree. It is always 2 and 3 that sets the tone of a religion because humans have a way of corrupting everything we touch.
1 always remains "highbrow" and isolated from the stresses of 2 and 3; and it's 2 and 3 that set the tone of a religion.
That's human problem, not the teaching's problem. Some monks managed to behave badly even during the times of the Buddha.
The problem of the discussion here is that some participants are claiming that Buddhism is not anti-violence which is like going around claiming that Christianity/Islam is not anti-polytheism.