Little boy stands up to bullies

We need to understand that public schools are not free. They are run by taxpayers.

I think parents of kids who flunk and bullies should have to pay back the taxpayers $1500 per quarter/$6000 per year.

Bullies need to be kicked off schools immediately. No need for taxpayers to pay for kids who do not learn and prevent others from learning. Parents of bullies need to be sent a bill from school to pay for bullies and bullies victims. Sending a $12000 bill to parents will most likely stop the bullying.

The Popester wrote:

Let's be clear: No Catholic institution or clergy member deserves credit for ANYTHING positive.

Other than your stupid-a$$ comment, the only thing that surprises me is that freaking Elizabeth Hasselbeck didn't accuse Keith Olberman and Rachel Maddow of inciting the beat down.

Wow, liberals can be just as hateful and bigoted as conservatives.

I completely disagree with this. This hard lined approach will solve nothing except put vindictive minds at ease, but only temporarily. The kids would end up on a worse end of the system, propagating the cycle. As an other poster said, violence begets violence and peace is the solution worth fighting for.

I must say that although I agree for working toward peace due to the socioeconomic handicaps that many today have, it will be very hard to fix this. we are talking about a huge problem that needs to be a complete overhaul in these communities. Drugs, income, values, education, real opportunity, etc all need to be changed to fix these problems. isolating and fixing the social causes of bullying, I hate to say, would only be a band aid and I expect this would only have minimal success in the long run.

Sorry, how exactly did he stand up and how is he brave?

He gave all the names to the school, the kids got hauled in, and then he went on TV to talk about it.

Some kids would see that as snitching, but if 90% of kids went to the teachers when this stuff happened and the bad kids couldn't cow them into silence, bullying would be cut back a lot.

The kid has some balls for putting up with this abuse pure and simple. No he didn't fight back but that would have made matters worse, maybe even have put him in the hospital. And now he's on tv with Whoopi and his favorite pro footballer and the perps are going to juvi for some abuse of their own.

As for 99.9% of us not doing anything about it if we witnessed that kind of abuse, well, that's BS. I was bullied myself as a kid and have zero tolerance for that kind of crap.

jersyjon wrote:

ck, but one day my friend mouthed off. They told him to meet them at some location and I was supposed to come. I didn't come. Luckily they didn't show up that night, but the next day after school, the kids went over to his house and beat him to a pulp. He doesn't have vision in his left eye and lost about 8 teeth. My best friend will never be the same because of these idiots who think they can live life with no consequences.

NOT A BELIEVABLE STORY, THIS IS AMERICA AND THE COPS WOULD HAVE ARRESTED THESE PEOPLE FOR ASSAULT. SCHOOLS TEACHING ABOUT BULLYING ARE JUST TRYING TO STIGMATIZE OUR CHILDREN. THE VAST MAJORITY OF KIDS ARE GOOD, THE TRULY BAD SHOULD BE ARRESTED FOR THEIR TRANSGRESSIONS....BUT YOU DON'T NEED A SCHOOL TO BE INVOLVED, THEIR MISSION IS TO EDUCATE.[/quote]

Actually that did happen, you asshole. What's wrong with you?Turn off your caps lock.

hahahahhah, f'in hilarious

Mrs Hasselbeck can assault me any time she wants.

To get back on subject: I was never an Eagles fan, but these 3 men may have changed my mind a bit. Jackson definitely gets respect from me for what he did.

I was asked what I'd do if I had kids and they were bullied. I answered "Ask how big the bully is, then place a properly sized rock or brick in my kids' backpack, then tell them to do what needs to be done". NO apologies.

I was bullied when young, I was pretty small for my age, and can recall the feeling. 2x I DID fight back, wound up in the Principal's Office for it (LOL), but the bullying stopped with both miscreants. Only 2 times I ever went to the Principal's office: for defending myself.

It took my standing in there, taking 3 maybe 4 shots, but answering with an equal number of my own. I remember I went for the face and head right away...went right at them. I remember the other idiots' faces each looked a bit surprised & I recall how oddly satisfying it was when I make solid contact (!) with their respective craniums.

Both bouts were either draws or the other guy may have won on points, if you scored it, I don't recall. Neither one lasted more than 8-10 seconds before Teachers intervened.

Both the bullies were bigger than I.

The best Revenge is to outlive the ass*oles. I know of two othe former bullies (there were other events) who are dead, one by his own hand, which is grimly satisfying. I know that reads harsh, but you have to have experienced it, being bullied, to know what it feels like.

I agree that Martial Art training, ESPECIALLY for girls, makes great sense. In addition to being able to deal with a potential situation like this, it instills discipline, confidence, a work ethic and provides a good overall workout, especially helping coordination and balance.

Rob de Castella is big into Karate now, if memory serves me right.

Either that, or have your kid take up Olympic target shooting and let bullies know about it. Hee Hee Hee.

Either that, or have your kid take up Olympic target shooting and let bullies know about it. Hee Hee Hee.

That is funny. The kid can go on to become an Olympian or a Police/SWAT team sniper, too. Good career planning.

hmmmmmmm...maybe you LIKED your Priest?

This won make a difference bc bullies don't watch the view! He should take this message to the wwf and see where it gets him!

This is very believable and I have seen several cases where a kid was beat to a pulp with severe injuries. The offenders were arrested and kicked out of school, but this is no deterrent to these kids. It may shock you to know that in many neighborhoods getting kicked out of school for putting the hurt to someone is almost a badge of honor

In times like this I ask what would Jesus do? Good thing the Bible tells us what he would do.

2 Kings 2:23-25

23 Then he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up by the way, young lads came out from the city and mocked him and said to him, “Go up, you baldhead; go up, you baldhead!” 24 When he looked behind him and saw them, he cursed them in the name of the LORD. Then two female bears came out of the woods and tore up forty-two lads of their number. 25 And he went from there to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.