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   DryGrub Willie said, 12 months ago

   Lot to be said for that, but sooner or later, you get older, and the cops get interested. But then, perhaps you read 9 Chickweed Lane, where a boorish Colonel hits a Lieutenant in the fist with his nose, and several other unsucessful combat moves… eminently satisfying for the Lieutenant to recall as he wades ashore on D-day as a private.
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   DetectiveKemper said, 12 months ago

   Annie may not get older. I say beat him senseless now.
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   Violet Bay said, 12 months ago

   Annie doesn’t take any crap and I don’t blame her either.
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   steelergirl said, 12 months ago

   What a crock.
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   SusanSunshine said, 12 months ago

   NO!
   Sorry, but two wrongs don’t make a right.

   
   Yeah, the kid was a jerk…. but he didn’t touch her.
   Who draws the line where it’s OK to beat someone senseless?

   
   How crass a remark does it take? Who defines teasing, sarcasm, petty theft… a million small or large offenses where a decision has to be made about proper punishment?

   
   We have rule of law for a reason…
   Yes, the jerk should be punished… or better yet, educated.

   And yes, Annie can fight back if physically attacked…
   but if verbally attacked she can report it
   and/or outwit, teach, mock or otherwise get non-violent revenge on her attacker.
   or rise above it
   there are lots of other choices, too….
   Beating someone up may feel good but doesn’t prove she’s right.
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   skeeterhawk said, 12 months ago

   Sorry Annie, but you’re making yourself look like a jerk. I was sure you’d have the smarts to outwit the kid.
   Agreed with S.S. She laid out the law of commonsense. I don’t care to stoop to the level of the savages. And for me, when I did physically retaliate, it did NOT feel better. Because I knew it was wrong. The bully had won because he had provoked me to stoop to his level.
   Ain’t this fun when a comic stimulates such conversation. Maybe someone can learn from it.
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   ghostkeeper said, 12 months ago

   @SusanSunshine

   Er, what? Rule of law? Since when does that apply in schools? Or anywhere, really? Report it? Sure, and watch nothing be done. Rise above it? Easy to say, hard to do—especially when the jerk will not stop attacking. She did to that creep exactly what he deserved, and as for that principal and as for that school, both should burn! Overreaction? Maybe, but one thing I’ve learned, an overreaction gets more done than “appropriate” action. To quote the immortal words of Al Capone, a man who ought to know about the uses and abuses of violence, “You get further with a kind word and a gun than you do with a kind word alone.” As for it only being words, and “Words will never hurt me,” no that is not the case. Verbal abuse physically hurts, and should and must be dealt with as harshly as physical violence.
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   princemikey said, 12 months ago

   My niece’s girls had been taking self-defense courses for years. The eldest, who’s built like a lumberjack, let a boy shove her into a locker and never raised a finger to him. She and her sisters are now homeschooling.
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   princemikey said, 12 months ago

   If a real person found herslf in this situation, there might be some civil and criminal legal recourse against both the bully and the school under discrimination and handicap statutes.
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    princemikey said, 12 months ago

    I was bullied from grade school through the end of high school. My entire childhood was destroyed. I advocate making an example of as many punks as necessary. Whatever the consequences are, they’ll be a lot more temporary than the aftermath of an abusive childhood.
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    thehag said, 12 months ago

    Those chemo drugs can do a number on your psyche.So can knowing you have a very limited life span.
    That kid was hateful, and certainly deserved some sort of correction but violence only creates fear and fear leads to more violence.
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    Redkaycei Repoc said, 12 months ago

    @SusanSunshine

    Very true and besides she’s suspended for what? A week maybe two, lets not forget its almost June.
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    lightenup said, 12 months ago

    @SusanSunshine

    Well said, Susan. While I know that the current policies don’t go far enough to solve the bullying problem, joining the bullies is not the answer and only makes the problem worse. The new game then becomes “who can be the bigger bully?”
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    Shelly Tichy said, 12 months ago

    Perhaps the most brilliant aspect of this “comic” is its ability to evoke such thoughtful dialogue.
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    Linda Dean said, 12 months ago

    @Shelly Tichy

    Hear hear! The artist’s are incredible! Wtg John and L.A.!!
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