The way I see this going down is that the kid was probably being taunted during a class, and lashed out with pencil still in hand. It seems unlikely that it was premeditated, he simply neglected the fact that he was still holding the pencil and the unfortunate outcome ensued. Of course, none of us know this for sure, so whatever.
I find the columbine incident an extremely unfair comparison. What those two lads did was premeditated, and on top of that they retaliated against indivuduals who were entirely uninvolved, attacking students and teachers indiscriminately. That's hardly a retaliation, its just wanton violence born of bottled frustration.
Its amusing that "levels" of violence are sometimes called to judge these situations, and a pencil-stabbing is clearly "going too far". As I said before (but clearly cant prove) I think the fact that a sharp instrument was involved at all was just bad luck. If the kid has simply socked the bully in the nose, there would hardly have been such a fuss.
I (like most people who hang out on the internet) was in the 'bullied' crowd as well. I dont anger easily, but once I retaliated against a particular guy who was just generally beinga cunt. I didn't shoot him, stab him, or poison his tea - I gave him a stern look and bitchslapped him across the face. It worked brilliantly - no one really got hurt, and it solved the bullying problem on the spot. Of course this doesnt work in all cases, but I was able to use a low "level" of violence to get my point across.
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