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Originally Posted by Bill O'Rights
I don't know what kind of "bullies" that you are familiar with, but the ones that I knew, and have run across raising my own daughter, more closely resemble the ones described by The_Dunedan. The only thing, and I do mean the only thing, that these kids understand, or respect, is a complete and total beatdown.
I wish that were not the case, but there it is. A lot of these kids are little better than animals.
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BOR, I'm really surprised that this came from you. Usually your head is just as level as mine (wait, did I just call us both flatheads?
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One of my businesses caters almost exclusively to kids in an athletic setting. We see at least our fair share of bullies along with a few other people's shares. Any kid that is a bully is a kid first. No bully thinks of himself as a "bad guy" or an "animal". They're usually just having fun at someone else's expense. There's nothing scarier as a business owner than seeing two 12-year olds all worked up holding epee's without masks on getting ready to start whipping on each other. Or seeing a 14-year old drop a 10-year old headfirst into a bucket of parts to get a laugh from his friends. Both of those kids were dealt with immediately and severely, and parents were immediately informed. We have a policy of taking immediate action, and any school should have the same policy. If they don't, they've opened themselves up to lots of lawsuits.
Believe me, I had my share of bullies growing up, and I spent probably a cumulative 20 hours locked in a locker my freshman year of high school. Those guys were absolute assholes, and one of them tried to run me down with his car a few years later. One of them was elected class president later, so my opinion wasn't necessarily shared by everyone and goes to show my point - being a bully is by definition a bad thing, but it doesn't make you an "animal" or mean that you only understand violence.