Your thoughts on bullying

[Selcopa]

I'm for bullying, I know its not a popular position, but it's a reality of the world we live in and it does toughen a person up. But as Shiro said, its not like bullying suddenly stops at any point, better to start with Suzie Q saying i have cooties and building a tolerance, to when it actually gets more significant.

Bullying targets weakness, you can be the weird kid and not be bullied, I played chess with the nerds in the library, I banged a cheerleader, Played hockey, played world of warcraft, hung out with friends doing everything, did a bit of bullying myself actually. Its a matter of confidence, and not taking someones shit if someone challenges you. Being a pacifist doesnt mean you have to take someone's shit, it doesn't mean you have to throw down even, you can chose to be the 'weird kid' and not be bullied, I know I was that person.

I was actually homeschooled up until high school, even was a bit socially awkward at first, being good at hockey helped me out alot, but I did get bullied by one kid a little bit freshman year, granted I thought the kid had a slight case of down syndrome, or something just wasnt quite right.

As far as who to blame, hey if the kid kills themself due to bullying, I blame the kid, if you are so weak that you kill yourself due to bullying, you kind of fail at life, granted if you werent so weak the bullies wouldn't have spotted it and you probably wouldn't have been bullied so much, but grow a pair and defend yourself

FWIW from having a chick friend in high school I know that girls have to deal with alot more bullying and rumor spreading and such compared to guys, guys have alot more of that cold war mentality in bullying because of the ability to throw down if needed.

[Angel of Iniquity]

I'm for bullying, I know its not a popular position, but it's a reality of the world we live in and it does toughen a person up. But as Shiro said, its not like bullying suddenly stops at any point, better to start with Suzie Q saying i have cooties and building a tolerance, to when it actually gets more significant.

Bullying targets weakness, you can be the weird kid and not be bullied, I played chess with the nerds in the library, I banged a cheerleader, Played hockey, played world of warcraft, hung out with friends doing everything, did a bit of bullying myself actually. Its a matter of confidence, and not taking someones shit if someone challenges you. Being a pacifist doesnt mean you have to take someone's shit, it doesn't mean you have to throw down even, you can chose to be the 'weird kid' and not be bullied, I know I was that person.

I was actually homeschooled up until high school, even was a bit socially awkward at first, being good at hockey helped me out alot, but I did get bullied by one kid a little bit freshman year, granted I thought the kid had a slight case of down syndrome, or something just wasnt quite right.

As far as who to blame, hey if the kid kills themself due to bullying, I blame the kid, if you are so weak that you kill yourself due to bullying, you kind of fail at life, granted if you werent so weak the bullies wouldn't have spotted it and you probably wouldn't have been bullied so much, but grow a pair and defend yourself

FWIW from having a chick friend in high school I know that girls have to deal with alot more bullying and rumor spreading and such compared to guys, guys have alot more of that cold war mentality in bullying because of the ability to throw down if needed.

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You do know that, the kids who get bullied aren't stronger when they get around it. I almost set into motion a plan that would have surely killed everybody in my classroom. Now I have little or no care for most humans, and can laugh if 90% die right now. I can laugh, but I wouldn't.