Bully

[Transcend]

http://news.gather.com/viewArticle.a...81474979140811

Your thoughts on this?

P.S. I think that girl is awesome.

[Nesterus]

I was wondering when someone would make a post about Zangief Kid

[Rota]

I hate that some teachers turn a blind eye to bullying. I wish I was that big as a youth, so I could have done the same thing to my bullies.

Unfortunately, the kid that was doing the bullying received no punishment. It has been reported that Heynes may be facing criminal charges.

Anyone who sees that video and punishes the victim can officially kiss my ass.

I certainly hope the bullies parents are taking care of the disciplinary action. Unfortunately, kids like that are usually the children of former bullies. They have grown up learning that violence is a reasonable action to achieve one's goals. the father is probably proud of his boy for victimizing other kids and acting as an "alpha male." I hope not, though. I hope the kid is grounded for a month.

[Reasoner]

The kid got what he deserved, a slamming to the ground. To think the kid is being charged or punished is pretty ridiculous in the big picture.

[Boleslav]

I hate that teachers turn a blind eye to bullying.

It's not like you to make a generalization error like that, Rota. Most schools take bullying very seriously indeed, and in this case the bullying happened after school, and while the article says the bullying went on for years, there's nothing in that piece i saw that suggests negligence on the part of teachers. In fact, the school may even have overextended by suspending him. I think the bottom line is - look to the parents. For better or worse, teachers can only work with what comes from home.

[Rota]

It's not like you to make a generalization error like that, Rota.

I did not mean for that to sound like a generalization. I did not say "I hate that all teachers turn a blind eye to bullying." Though, re-reading the statement, I can see how it can be read that way. I was lamenting the fact that bullying is ever ignored. I did not intend to imply that it is always ignored. I will edit it so people do not mistakenly infer that.

Bullying has gotten far more attention since the turn of the century. Back in my day, it was mostly ignored as "kids will be kids."

[japanpimp]

http://news.gather.com/viewArticle.a...81474979140811

Your thoughts on this?

P.S. I think that girl is awesome.

This issue has many sides.

1. Bullying is wrong.

2. Beating down people smaller or weaker than you is wrong.

If my wife was a bully to me, does that mean I can pick her little 50kg body up over my head and body slam her? No. So what can I do?
But hey, these are kids at school who may have gotten caught up in the heat of the moment and did something stupid.
If I was a judge I would say that the actions of each kid cancel each other out. It is a plus/minus zero deal. Then I would order the two kids to work together everyday after school in a community service program helping old people or feeding homeless or cleaning the parks or something. That way they will learn to get along. And when they are done with the program 3 months later they might actually become friends.

Hey, two wrongs don't make a right... but 3 lefts do.

[Alusair]

The sad thing is that in many situations, disciplinary action is not taken until the victim responds to the bullying. I think something is wrong when the victim needs to be punished twice (or thrice) for the bully to be punished once, if they are ever actually punished at all.

[Rota]

Bullying has gotten far more attention since the turn of the century.

I wrote this quote without thinking. I was re-reading my post, when it struck me. We are now far enough into the 2000's to refer to "way back at the turn of the century" and not mean 1900. I look forward to being an old man and recalling the years back in aught-six or the election of aught-eight or whatever. "Aught"... what a cool, old-man way to say zero.

[WarSimi]

Sad thing is, the victim ended up being the bully.