Well, bully for YOU! (was Bullying is naughty)
WILLIAM PALMER
news:ang1ev$hsf$1...@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-stateedu...
> This week a guy from Peter from Peter Paul andMary was in town to teach
> songs to promote an anti-bullying program. Reall, I saw him on TV and
>heard him sing about being nice. I wonder if they can use him in
Milwaukee with
> that gang of children that beat the brains out of a guy in their
> neighborhood with bats and rakes and chairs. At least it wasn't a hate
> crime.
Interesting observation, about it not being a "hate crime."
That only reminds me how screwed up we are regarding our
politically-correct laws. OF COURSE it is a "hate crime,"
in every sense but (perhaps, since I don't know the details)
the legalistic. In fact, most, if not all, crimes of violence
are produced by hatred. That is why I think all the
"hate crime" legislation is misguided. And as far as
counselischool ng sessions to prevent bullying, I doubt
that will change anything. After all, every human
society I am aware of uses bullying to make the
wheels go round. The boss bullies the employee,
the bureaucrat bullies the "little person" who needs
something, the policeman bullies the out-of-line
party, the bill collector bullies the debtor, the
teacher bullies the student., etc. (But nowadays some
of this bullying is done in a phony, sugar-coated
fashion, in tune with the times). People in positions
of power can be nicy-nice to subordinates and
"inferiors," but it is really behind it? Bullying. I doubt
that there has ever been a society larger than maybe a
couple of hundred people where bullying was not used
as the glue making things hold together. So, do like
everyone else: Live with it or bully back.
Twinkles, the.alt.genius.dwarf
(Watch out, you big bullies, 'cause I'm weilding my cudgel today!)
>
> Norma
>
>