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Violence may be bad, but this isn't a matter of violence being good or bad. Everyone is acting like "stepping away from the situation" or "ignoring the bully" simply solves everything. I don't know what bullies are outside of North Carolina, but the ones where I grew up will NOT stop bullying until they're sent away. When they get back, they keep doing it. Not doing anything about it does NOT work. Resorting to "peace" and not the evil violence does not work everytime.
A friend of mine got made fun of every damned day in one of my classes in high school. 5 or 6 bullies picked on him, even smacked him around sometimes. The teacher just told them to stop. They didn't. The bullies were sent to the office a few times, but they still continued it. One day, the kid that got picked on went apeshit and punched two of them in the face and kicked another one in the nuts. None of them picked on him again.
Sitting there and taking it peacefully is bullshit. If someone is picking on me, they're gonna get a warning, and if they don't stop, an asskicking will commence. Peace this, peace that: I WILL stand up for myself. Running away works 10% of the time, and resorting to telling the teachers just makes it worse.
It's not right to say that a kid punching someone back that is hurting him is wrong. Violence may be negative to our society, but so is sitting there and taking it "peacefully."
-Lasereth
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