Mob mentality is a study all in itself. Most of the bullying I saw growing up was verbal, I never saw anyone beat up, although verbal bullying is probably as psychologically-damaging.
My father told me a story that a older guy was constantly picking on him at a bus stop. When my grandfather heard about it, he went with him to the bus stop and told my dad to either tell the bully to put up or shut up or my grandfather would hit him. The bully backed down and that was the end of the bullying. In bullying situations, you have to make sure the bully remembers he was in a fight, even if you lose the fight. --- Pete Theisen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 10 May 2007 4:04 pm, Michael Madigan > wrote: > > Almost everyone has been bullied in their life. > Most > > bullies have been bullied themselves. > > > > It is almost impossible to teach a child with no > > worldly experience that hitting a bully back will > > almost assuredly end the bullying. > > Hi Michael! > > Now that I am old enough to have a gun permit no one > bothers me. In school it > was 4 against one, minimum. Usually 6 of them would > jump you, the same 6 all > the time. The teachers and principal knew it, but > they let it happen. > > Years later, after it didn't matter, someone told me > that in a gang assault > situation like that you sucker punch the biggest one > hard enough to knock him > out. With him down, the others will scatter. > > They all grew up to be regular guys, no trouble at > all. One of them apologized > to me one day when I ran into him at a store. > -- > Regards, > > Pete > http://www.pete-theisen.com/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > Searchable Archive: > http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox > This message: > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, > are the opinions of the author, and do not > constitute legal or medical advice. This statement > is added to the messages for those lawyers who are > too stupid to see the obvious. > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
