I've never been a bully, but this one kid used to beat up almost everyone in the entire grade. Me including.
I mean, telling didn't work, running only made him hurt me more, and I was not going to avoid him like some coward. So, one day, I decided to talk to him. And, became his friend. He stopped bullying. We weren't close chums or anything and occasionaly he still had trouble communicating without the use of a fist, but it worked pretty much.
That's one way to stop a bully I guess.
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When I'm mean to people, I just want to make them hurt because I hurt. I'm not cruel often, but I have my moments. If someone was nice to bullys perhaps they would be nice back. You know, "do unto others" does not apply just to Christians. If I were a bully, I would reconsider if someone was nice to me when I hurt them.
"The talent of a rogue is but the art of being secret."
I can't say I am not a bully anymore, as I am very arrogant (and I acknowledge it), and though I don't physically beat anyone up, I tear them to pieces with my creative insulting.
"Regardless, I have always, and will always, succeed."
If i was a bully, a blue band wundent make me stop. The only thing that would make me stop would be to feel humiliation like you make the victims feel. To be bullied or stood up to i would feel embarrised and it would proberly make me stop!
Bullyin is the abuse of power!It isjust like racism...people are bullied ecause tey are different...meaning the ppl doing the bulling must be narrow minded and need to learn to acceptdifferent people
Originally posted by Ironic: Bullying is a disease, it's contagious. The moment you fight off your bully and he/she backs down, you probably become one since with this new power to abuse someone feels good. You'll never stop bullies, one way or another it'll come back, just like racism and hatred.
While I find your analogy to interesting, I'm not sure that it's entirely accurate. Unfortunately, just because a so-called "bully" is confronted or opposed, it does not necessarily mean that they will immediately stop their behavior.
Now, I can't speak from the perspective of someone who has done a lot of bullying, but I sure can speak for those on the receiving end. In my own personal experience, more times than not, when attempting to "stand up for myself" or in "authority figures'" (e.g. parents, teachers, principals, etc.) attempts to help the situation, the behavior didn't stop-- we just ended up adding fuel to the fire (or in this case, more symptoms to the disease).
So I guess, going with your analogy, a better question would be: What causes bullying? Where does it start? How does it begin?
Kids don't just wake up one morning with this intense hatred and desire to bully; this behavior is not instinctive, but rather it is taught. It is our job to stop it.
peps at skool think that im a bully but i dont feel that way. i just wont put up with crap.it gets on my last nerve when peps say s*** but when u ask them if there were talking s*** they say that they would never say that. i dont try to act hard and s*** cuz i knoe wut type of person i am and i knoe wut i can be so there is really no bully its just all about attitudes cuz some peps consider cheerleaders, skaters, mexicans gangsters bullies but its really how u feel bout them and how they treat u....
I don't think you can really plan a FACE OFF...I think they just happen. Also, just how many people will actually admit that they are still big bullies and can justifiably argue it?
"Never doubt that a small group of committed people can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead
Originally posted by WJ2: Bullying is not a disease when 2 people from different walks of life dont get along they develop a rivalry and their friends are involved soon friends of the 2 are fighting, throwing paper balls in class, pushing into lockers etc. its natural it happens you dont wake up and say i'm gonna bully that kid for no reason rivalries occur bullying is from deep inner pain its to not look weak or scared in an arguement gez adults remember the 60s were they were all high and peaceful its not like that anymore!
sorry i ment to say bullying is NOT from deep inner pain
bullying is a form of attention, as sick as it may sound. We have all been the bully or the bullied at one point or another ( this cannot be denied) it is in human nature. This does not, of course make it right. But the bully is usually subject to someother source of bullying or abuse in their life too. While bullying can not be mass distinguished, seprate cases can be properly dealt with, usualy with guidence in schools or out of. Bullying is not evil, its just sad and unfortunate.
Bullying is not a disease when 2 people from different walks of life dont get along they develop a rivalry and their friends are involved soon friends of the 2 are fighting, throwing paper balls in class, pushing into lockers etc. its natural it happens you dont wake up and say i'm gonna bully that kid for no reason rivalries occur bullying is from deep inner pain its to not look weak or scared in an arguement gez adults remember the 60s were they were all high and peaceful its not like that anymore!
Bullying is a disease, it's contagious. The moment you fight off your bully and he/she backs down, you probably become one since with this new power to abuse someone feels good. You'll never stop bullies, one way or another it'll come back, just like racism and hatred.
"Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die." - Herbert Hoover
I never bullied anyone. If anything I was the one being bullied, but that stopped when I got taller than the would-be bullies. Intimidation works wonders, but I don't use it to push others around.
What made me stop bullying was being talked and listened to instead of being treated like an escaped killer. I was shown that I was worth something and cared for, so my anger and revenge bullying dissappeared.
"Regardless, I have always, and will always, succeed."
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