I know bullys are stupid by nature but picking on someone twice your size? how stupid can you get?
I could never lash out against bullies where I'm from because there was a good chance that you'd get jumped by 5-10 people. Scum clings together.
Oh, and I think the kid handled himself very well. When attacked, he fought back and only once. He wasn't cruel or malicious. He slammed the kid to get him to stop attacking, and that was all he needed.
Just a quick comparison:
Bullying isn't about size or stupidity. It's about power and control. If you look at the kid, he's scrawny and has buck teeth. I will bet you any amount that he himself has been a victim of bullying in the past. Probably recently. No doubt he's somewhere at the bottom of the high school food chain. He compensates for this by finding the one person who will make him feel better about himself: an overweight social pariah who is seen as a soft target. By abusing him, by attacking him, the bully was proving to himself that he is not powerless, that he is not the lowest rung on the social ladder. He can't climb any higher, but that doesn't mean he has to accept it, and so he targets the other kid. It just goes to show that there is a culture of bullying in that school.I know bullys are stupid by nature but picking on someone twice your size? how stupid can you get?
Ratboy was bound to come out in an interview claiming to be the victim. Channel 9 got the interview with Casey, so Channel 7 had to try and steal the headlines back somehow.
Shades of Mercedes Corby and Jodie Power?
Bullying isn't about size or stupidity. It's about power and control. If you look at the kid, he's scrawny and has buck teeth. I will bet you any amount that he himself has been a victim of bullying in the past. Probably recently. No doubt he's somewhere at the bottom of the high school food chain. He compensates for this by finding the one person who will make him feel better about himself: an overweight social pariah who is seen as a soft target. By abusing him, by attacking him, the bully was proving to himself that he is not powerless, that he is not the lowest rung on the social ladder. He can't climb any higher, but that doesn't mean he has to accept it, and so he targets the other kid. It just goes to show that there is a culture of bullying in that school.
People who have legitimate power never need to fear losing it. People with control think about nothing else. This kid is the latter.
I was bullied as a kid and walked away, it never helped at all to be honest, I wish I'd had the courage back then to do what Casey did!
Thankfully I've learnt how to stand up for myself now and bullying in all its forms isn't an issue (I've heard of some people being horrifically bullied in an work enviroment)
I've been taught to strike only after they've struck you first
Same. And I haven't ever had to fight back with my fists before (besides hockey), but I let the other person instigate, then respond.