I have to agree with Horatiofellatio
Bullying is a fact of life. It will never get stomped out and for people like me it was a good thing. It turned me into a balls of steel no-nonsense type bloke and made me the perfect gent I am today. Certain types of 'bullying' could do with being monitored though because some poor buggers really can't handle the rough stuff and it has a detrimental effect on their future, whereas 90% of today's 'bullying' is good old fashioned British ribbing and is only percieved as bullying because our uber PC society where even the slightest comment can get you shunned, sacked or in severe cases even a criminal record. We all just need to lighten up a bit and learn that every bell-end gets his comeback sooner or later
(, Sun 18 Nov 2007, 10:18, Reply)
Yeah
Perhaps I should have made it a bit clearer Kittywaste, I'm not condoning severe mental and physical torture where there is systematic abuse and the singling out of one person.
All I mean is, in the playground, the bigger boys will give you the odd dead leg. Deal with it.
And Jenkins from year 9 calling you a 'pissy poo pants' 4 times in the same week does not constitute systematic abuse.
So I guess my point, in a nut shell, is that the word bullying has become so diluted as to become almost meaningless these days.
I mean, they started going on about bullying in the Celebrity Big Brother house. It was a group of about 9 adults - all over the age of 21, and one group took a dislike to one person and made a few snide remarks.
That's bitchiness, not bullying. Don't just bandy the word around willy nilly because it makes it harder for the kids who are genuinely being victimised.
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HoratioFellatio Taking the the out of psychotherapist, Sun 18 Nov 2007, 11:23,
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