Is bullying people who are different right or wrong?

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03 Oct 2011, 8:49 am

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Then why bullies bully?


They're sometimes spineless idiots who are too caught up in fitting in. They will try to pick on people who are different. It should never be viewed as right.

And this is also true:

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Bullies bully to be liked by others and I think it is animalistic because using cruelty to be liked is the same as showing the surroundings how dangerous they are, and among animals the most dangerous wins.


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03 Oct 2011, 9:03 am

I agree thought with the statement kids are being kids.Even if a kid bully breaks the leg of the victim.He is just being a kid,faultless.



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03 Oct 2011, 9:06 am

It's even worse than wrong. It's horrible and evil and stupid. :( And people who are victims of bullying should never EVER be thought of as stereotypical 98-lb weaklings and bullies should NEVER have their behavior justified by saying "kids are kids". If a child kills himself because of bullying that makes the bullies, in my opinion, MURDERERS, even if they didn't kill directly.
...And they should be sent to jail forever. FOREVER! :x



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03 Oct 2011, 9:18 am

JohnyJohn wrote:
I am asking about bullying difference people e.g.with disorders,disabled,minorities...I also ask about bullying that comes from people that are in their 30's and 40's mostly,not teens or kids.

If you have ever been bullied, you would know the answer to this question already. If you have never been bullied, consider yourself lucky.



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03 Oct 2011, 10:13 am

It's wrong. Otherwise, tell me why it would be right.



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03 Oct 2011, 12:04 pm

We've already had a thread about this sort of thing and it caused bickering in the end, because some people here seemed to think it's not wrong and that it is just natural. I know it's wrong when it gets to a certain extent. There is no need for punching, kicking, beating up, throwing stuff, etc. When it gets to that point, the bullies either have got nothing else better to do than torture this poor being, or they're just out of control, or they're just psychos who are mixed up inside and take it all out on somebody who's a little different.


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03 Oct 2011, 1:00 pm

Of course it's wrong. It can ruin people's lives.

I got bullied a lot in school and maybe if I hadn't I wouldn't have skipped so much school and got sent away so many times. Skipping school was the only way to stop the bullying since the teachers never did anything about it.



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03 Oct 2011, 1:04 pm

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03 Oct 2011, 1:05 pm

This thread makes me sick.

Please tell me you're joking.

Is it wrong to set someone's house on fire? I just want to know. If I go around burning things, I'm just being a kid, entertaining myself, right?


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03 Oct 2011, 1:19 pm

Yes it's wrong but if they are bullies themselves, then it's not wrong because bullies don't deserve respect.



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03 Oct 2011, 1:20 pm

Yeah it is wrong by kids but kids have extenuation(i think it is the right word that's what translation got me).Because i see some stories here of being bullied when they were 10 years old.It is nothing serious,they were kids.



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03 Oct 2011, 1:25 pm

JohnyJohn wrote:
Yeah it is wrong by kids but kids have extenuation(i think it is the right word that's what translation got me).Because i see some stories here of being bullied when they were 10 years old.It is nothing serious,they were kids.



Bullying is a spectrum. Lot of kids bully without even meaning to but if it's too bad, then it is a problem because it's causes trauma and issues for the victim later in life.


It does become something if the kid is being harassed in school and never left alone, being touched all the time, being beaten up, verbally abused, having their stuff get taken and hidden, people breaking into their locker and planting stuff in there, kids doing things to them for humiliation, being spat at, being taken advantage of or egged to do things, and the teachers or the school Principal does nothing about it because they say that is all normal and the victim just has to toughen up. BS.



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03 Oct 2011, 1:30 pm

Do you consider this bullying?:

A person wants the other person to do his homework and tests while he says he will beat him if he doesn't and the person who does his homework and tests may even risk of getting very bad grades.



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03 Oct 2011, 1:36 pm

JohnyJohn wrote:
It is nothing serious,they were kids.


In some ways it can be even worse when you are a kid because you are so powerless to stop it. As a kid you can't just move somewhere else or get away from these people. You can't quit school because it's the law that you have to go to school, unless you have very understanding parents that will switch you to a new school or home school you.

At least as an adult you have some more control in who you associate with.

I would never go through all that again for anything.



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03 Oct 2011, 2:14 pm

JohnyJohn wrote:
Yeah it is wrong by kids but kids have extenuation(i think it is the right word that's what translation got me).Because i see some stories here of being bullied when they were 10 years old.It is nothing serious,they were kids.


Nothing serious huh? I was bullied quite badly when I was 10 and in 4th by other kids.......but its ok that I had a hellish year at school cause they were just being kids right? and well there was also some parents/teachers kind of in on it as well.


Yeah it was pretty serious, how would you like to be called a ret*d every freaking day and go to school every day knowing everyone hates you and someone will probably say something but afraid if you stay home they will know why and give you crap for that to? would you like that?



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03 Oct 2011, 8:50 pm

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Considering that severe bullying can lead the weaker of fortitude to commit suicide, I'd say that it's pretty damn wrong.


BS. Yes, it can provoke some people to suicide, but it has nothing to do with "fortitude" or whatever and everything to do with their mental health - which can and often will be adversely affected by bullying.

Speaking from experience, it takes a serious effort of will to take that step and make an attempt. It's very very easy to back out of it or look for help once you've started. People who attempt suicide or even complete are not "weak." But they do (or at least did) need help. I'm not saying it's a good choice. It's just not an easy one.


I was not bull-shitting! It's my opinion and I am entitled to it!

I'll concede to your point that one's mental health may predispose them to suicidal thoughts/attempts, but I was bullied mercilessly and never attempted suicide, not once.

Surviving bullying has everything to do with the fortitudinal strength of the individual, and I was lucky enough to have it in spades. I was not stating that those who commit suicide are weak, merely that the weaker of fortitude are more likely to off themselves when under pressure, which is a fact.