I have absolutely no idea what to say.... On one hand, I'm glad the kid stood up for himself. On the other, he could have paralyzed that other kid for life, and I don't think that should be turned into a heroic thing. The concept of refusing to be bullied, yeah. Not picking someone up and dropping him on his head. He should probably be praised and scolded.
I don't have a problem with what he did, just how he did it... but it was pretty clear he just snapped and wasn't thinking about what he did. Hopefully both kids have learnt their lesson but I'd guess the little kid probably hasn't (I read a blog about the incident which was saying he was interviewed with his dad and tried to claim he wasn't bullying until his dismayed looking dad made him), just the other kid will have learnt he can stand up for himself just not by bouncing people in their heads.
*MySmiley*
Robert Graves "There is no money in poetry, but then there is no poetry in money, either."
Henning Mankell "We must defend the open society, because if we start locking our doors, if we let fear decide, the person who committed the act of terror will win"
Robert Graves "There is no money in poetry, but then there is no poetry in money, either."
Henning Mankell "We must defend the open society, because if we start locking our doors, if we let fear decide, the person who committed the act of terror will win"
I guess this is one response to bullying
- 24/03/2011 10:52:50 PM
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I'm so proud of that kid. The teachers can fuck off.
- 24/03/2011 11:04:29 PM
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Concur. The lame antibully programs at schools these days are ridiculous.
- 26/03/2011 08:47:56 PM
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That is great. He was calm, he didn't want to fight, he waited until the other kid hit him.
- 24/03/2011 11:19:49 PM
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There's an uproar over this?
- 25/03/2011 02:19:10 AM
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Re: There's an uproar over this?
- 25/03/2011 04:52:15 AM
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Not expelled.
- 25/03/2011 06:47:23 AM
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From what I saw they both got the same
- 25/03/2011 10:13:43 AM
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That's retarded *NM*
- 25/03/2011 01:40:34 PM
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not really
- 25/03/2011 02:28:25 PM
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Plus... who gives a crap about a suspension at that age?
- 25/03/2011 04:59:03 PM
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there is a real danger in not punishing self defense
- 25/03/2011 05:17:38 PM
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Er... I get what you're saying, and I don't neccessarily disagree, but...
- 25/03/2011 05:39:08 PM
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a good pop in nose as stopped a lot of bullying, isn't that what everyone is cheering for here?
- 25/03/2011 06:41:28 PM
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There is real danger in punishing self defense as well.
- 25/03/2011 05:56:26 PM
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Bernhard shot people so lets keep the hyperbole out of it
- 25/03/2011 06:56:03 PM
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Fair enough.
- 25/03/2011 07:33:26 PM
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the punishemnt has to be reasonable for it to work and I believe in this case it was
- 25/03/2011 08:31:59 PM
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I'm just not comfortable punishing self defense, provided it's a proportionate response.
- 27/03/2011 06:02:46 AM
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Big guy got 4 days, little guy and the one filming got 20 days. *NM*
- 29/03/2011 01:50:56 PM
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Lol. He fucked that kid up. Good for him for defending himself. *NM*
- 26/03/2011 02:28:36 AM
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