Can bullying be stopped?

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Now I've been seeing more issues surrounding bullying (referring to what happened to Amanda Todd), I also don't see any action taken to stop it.



Sure, we have adults that we can confide our bullying problem but how can we get rid of the feeling of "being a snitch" so we can be able to stand up for ourselves?



What do you think? I remembered at one of my old schools that a bullying hotline was created so victims can report anonymously but it's not working well as we would have expected.
 
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Strong said:
What do you think? I remembered at one of my old schools that a bullying hotline was created so victims can report anonymously but it's not working well as we would have expected.
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it's not working well? why? how?
 
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I don't really know why, but I did remember that surveys were given out to all the students regarding the hotline. ALL of them said they would rather not use it.
 
If bullies are seen as the hapless victims and those who stand up to bullies as the aggressors, then bullying will never stop.
 
Steinhauer said:
If bullies are seen as the hapless victims and those who stand up to bullies as the aggressors, then bullying will never stop.
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Very true... That's happening with the statist environment we find ourselves in. As long as we allow the gov't to tell us what to do, we have the same exact environment, except we have the bullying occurring on a macroscopic level and not a microscopic level. Those who strive to reduce our freedoms and make things difficult for us are essentially this:

"Schoolyard bullies and queenbees who were never disciplined by their parents for their bullying, exclusive, abusive, and snobbish behavior. It's time they need an ass-whipping to be put in their places."

The only way it'll happen is if you genetically engineer the aggressive tendencies out of the human race, and the persons who do the engineering and administering of the redesign also submit themselves to the treatment so as to preclude COMPLETELY the possibility of the tendencies resurfacing.

Realistically, people need to stand up to bullies and be prepared to take their asses down until the police arrive. The ulterior-altruistic range of human expression was designed without ANY limits in place. How do you propose to change that, otherwise?
 
Steinhauer said:
If bullies are seen as the hapless victims and those who stand up to bullies as the aggressors, then bullying will never stop.
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no. you don't fight the fire with fire. you do it with water.
 
Its not easy, and I think education is the key to prevention. Today education isn't much into moral values anymore. Majority of these victim don't want to admit in fear of retaliations.
 
It is not working, why? Those who bullies the little one got the brain and when they hear accusation from superiors, they KNOW who reported and rat on them EVEN when the victim calls anonymously.

Say, I bullied on you and hurt you severely. You went home, and called that hotline number. Few days later, I got my ass on hot seat with principal and that principal scolded and punished me, I would have figured out it is YOU that rat on me, ok retaliation is on you in near future so watch your back! It is not that hard for me to figure out cause I only bullied small number of kids. That is why hotline is NOT working.

Strong said:

What do you think? I remembered at one of my old schools that a bullying hotline was created so victims can report anonymously but it's not working well as we would have expected.
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For it to be stopped, we need to change our society`s views on being "normal".
 
YUP, EXACTLY, we need to mind others own business and keep our nose out but because we keep nose on them and trying to tell them how to run normal life.

shel90 said:
For it to be stopped, we need to change our society`s views on being "normal".
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Jiro said:
for your simpleton mind - you don't fight bullying with bullying.
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:laugh2:

I see you just had to add an insult (shows you cannot have a civil discussion with people who disagree with you).

Standing up to bullies is not bullying.
 
Steinhauer said:
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I see you just had to add an insult (shows you cannot have a civil discussion with people who disagree with you).

Standing up to bullies is not bullying.
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and how do you stand up to them? with a fist?
 
Bullying will never really disappear. Sometimes, it can be due to the perspectives of two sides (A, B) putting up a fight. Person A might think person B is a bully, but person A might not realize person B thinks person A is a bully. That is where a judge/evaluator is necessary to review the two and determine who is the one at fault. Sometimes, both of them are at fault or none of them are really bullies. There are three lines: between defending yourself, harassing someone, and finally bullying. You have to be able to recognize which it is, not all situations will immediately become bullying.

We can't fully control bullying or prevent it from happening. It is a psychological aspect for some humans to act that way due to the conditions they were raised in.

Anyone read the old book, Of Mice and Men?
Remember the big guy, Lennie. He might not be seen as a bully to the reader because he's a nice big guy. However, Curley saw him as a threat, but Curley has a physio-social problem that makes him 'think' that Lennie is a bad guy.
 
naisho said:
Bullying will never really disappear. Sometimes, it can be due to the perspectives of two sides (A, B) putting up a fight. Person A might think person B is a bully, but person A might not realize person B thinks person A is a bully. That is where a judge/evaluator is necessary to review the two and determine who is the one at fault. Sometimes, both of them are at fault or none of them are really bullies. There are three lines: between defending yourself, harassing someone, and finally bullying. You have to be able to recognize which it is, not all situations will immediately become bullying.

We can't fully control bullying or prevent it from happening. It is a psychological aspect for some humans to act that way due to the conditions they were raised in.

Anyone read the old book, Of Mice and Men?
Remember the big guy, Lennie. He might not be seen as a bully to the reader because he's a nice big guy. However, Curley saw him as a threat, but Curley has a physio-social problem that makes him 'think' that Lennie is a bad guy.
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That book had a very sad ending :(
 
naisho said:
Bullying will never really disappear. Sometimes, it can be due to the perspectives of two sides (A, B) putting up a fight. Person A might think person B is a bully, but person A might not realize person B thinks person A is a bully. That is where a judge/evaluator is necessary to review the two and determine who is the one at fault. Sometimes, both of them are at fault or none of them are really bullies. There are three lines: between defending yourself, harassing someone, and finally bullying. You have to be able to recognize which it is, not all situations will immediately become bullying.

We can't fully control bullying or prevent it from happening. It is a psychological aspect for some humans to act that way due to the conditions they were raised in.

Anyone read the old book, Of Mice and Men?
Remember the big guy, Lennie. He might not be seen as a bully to the reader because he's a nice big guy. However, Curley saw him as a threat, but Curley has a physio-social problem that makes him 'think' that Lennie is a bad guy.
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Lennie was slow but he was very strong . Curley thought Lennie was laughing at him and that is why he started to beat Lennie up and you know the rest. Curley was a bully but he picked on the wrong guy.
I think kids that are bullies should be put in a boxing ring and let them beat the shit out of one another.
 
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