jackbus01
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| Bullying is a systemic problem. It is not just about the person being bullied and the bully, it is about the social environment that allows this to take place. A lot of times kids can't avoid it--that's the problem. I think the worst thing you should just tell someone to accept it. |
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jackbus01
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| Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 8:15 pm Post subject: |
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| AardvarkGoodSwimmer wrote: | Straight up, I am going to disagree with some of this. All the same, I am glad you made your post because this is the very kind of discussion I think we need to be having.
* I advocate tight, defensive boxing to a draw.
* If you happen to "win," don't brag or make a big deal about it. In fact, if you hear someone bragging on your behalf, maybe say something like, "Hey, I'm sorry it came to this. Sometimes you win, sometimes you don't. I don't want to make a big deal about it."
Perhaps you are envisioning elementary school and junior high. I am more envisioning high school and college. And yes, when I went to a large state college in 1982 and lived in the dorm, I was surprised and disappointed to find there was more physical bullying and threatening behavior than there had been in high school, but less than junior high. It was kind of a throw back in that regard. I guess it was guys who didn't know each other jockeying for position on a hierarchy.
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So, is this how you solve problems these days (your age says 49), with people you can't get along with or are the boxing strategies only for kids? I find it interesting that people say things like this. Do you really advocate social problems with violence? |
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Evinceo
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| Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 9:19 pm Post subject: |
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| jackbus01 wrote: |
So, is this how you solve problems these days (your age says 49), with people you can't get along with or are the boxing strategies only for kids? I find it interesting that people say things like this. Do you really advocate social problems with violence? |
Sometimes bullying involves physical abuse. |
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