Well said! But I wonder if it’s really true… I always like to tell myself that the stuff I went through as a kid made me a stronger and ultimately nicer person. Maybe it did. But maybe it would have been nice to not have a gang of young thugs try to push my face into the playground cement every day either. I’d like to think I would have been nice without that experience – and I rather doubt that I would have been particularly tempted to do that to someone else, given the same opportunity to do so. It’s just not me – not even when I was a kid. I doubt you would have been a bully if you hadn’t been bullied either.
I don’t know if bullies are bullied at home, or just born that way, or else gets their way long enough to feel entitled to bully.Maybe the bully that is finally bullied back would quit or get worse.that’s something to get the facts on.
Tatenda, when I chose my on line name I thought it was cute and clever, now I find myself explaining it! I read comics in two newspapers, online at two more and Go Comics. So I’m never going to be too old! (and I refuse to GET old!!!)
Good thinking, except that bullies don’t seem to know or care that other people have feelings. I really hate that some people feel that others exist only to be their toys.
ECDuin almost 11 years ago
Amen!
fidgetkitty almost 11 years ago
i like you so much, Frank Page! (Bob, too!)
fermiproblem almost 11 years ago
Well said! But I wonder if it’s really true… I always like to tell myself that the stuff I went through as a kid made me a stronger and ultimately nicer person. Maybe it did. But maybe it would have been nice to not have a gang of young thugs try to push my face into the playground cement every day either. I’d like to think I would have been nice without that experience – and I rather doubt that I would have been particularly tempted to do that to someone else, given the same opportunity to do so. It’s just not me – not even when I was a kid. I doubt you would have been a bully if you hadn’t been bullied either.
pam Miner almost 11 years ago
I don’t know if bullies are bullied at home, or just born that way, or else gets their way long enough to feel entitled to bully.Maybe the bully that is finally bullied back would quit or get worse.that’s something to get the facts on.
Last Rose Of Summer Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Tatenda, when I chose my on line name I thought it was cute and clever, now I find myself explaining it! I read comics in two newspapers, online at two more and Go Comics. So I’m never going to be too old! (and I refuse to GET old!!!)
Emlyn Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Good thinking, except that bullies don’t seem to know or care that other people have feelings. I really hate that some people feel that others exist only to be their toys.
jhampa almost 11 years ago
good on ya, empathy for others is a great solution to our own personal pain because we become compassionate.