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#27 Apr 29 2013 at 8:42 AM Rating: Good
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Bullying is a problem, but saying that every time someone is mean they are a bully isn't helpful.
W'evs, cyberbully. You'll be hearing from my Internet Lawyer.
Time to put on my other hat.

I am asking the programmers to gather together the information from the poster making threats. I will be issuing a subpoena to AOL to get your name and address and then I will be taking this matter to the FBI. Threatening bodily injury to another person over interstate wires is a federal offense. I especially take offense when that person happens to be one of our administrators. I will leave this matter to the authorities. You are also forever banned from this site. If you show up again, I will file civil charges against you for harassment, and in addition to the jail time you face, I will take your house and assets (or if you are a minor, the house and assets of your parents).

I am also closing this thread. This has gone far enough.

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Careful, he seems the type that could send out some psychedelically-dusted letters to very important people with your name signed to them.
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#28 Apr 29 2013 at 11:29 AM Rating: Default
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I want to know whatever happened to "sticks and stones may break my bones..."

It's a perpetuation of the news cycle, which may or may not have detrimental effects on child rearing and self esteem in the long run. Young kid with public facebook profile commits suicide, textual evidence exists of their bullying, witch hunt occurs. "Bullying" is a normal human function - people will always try to homogenize the human experience by trying to intimidate others into behaving more "acceptably" - but this isn't a necessary function of our survival mechanisms anymore, there is plenty of room for the human experience to be varied and vibrant. I think the real problem exists when you give the bullies power - obviously, we all know that, from our experiences with trolling etc. If you feed the trolls, they get stronger and their hunger for fresh blood increases. If you starve the trolls, they will seek another, more engaging use of their time.

Instead, the media is creating teenage martyrs to glorify the internet troll, I've even seen celebrities quote derogatory things that have been posted on their twitter in an attempt to empathize and further condemn "bullies" - oh yes, what discouragement! I'm sure @Trollface69 feels very embarrassed that his presence and power was made known on national TV, and I'm sure he won't continue to perform in ways that have given him attention and positive feedback in the past! Smiley: rolleyes
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#29 Apr 29 2013 at 12:35 PM Rating: Decent
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I really get the feeling all these cheesy messages are not going to change a kids mind about rather they want to bully or not.
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#30 Apr 29 2013 at 1:36 PM Rating: Excellent
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This is on topic.

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US basketball player Jason Collins has come out as gay, the first active male athlete in a major American professional team sport to do so.

He declared his sexuality in an article for Sports Illustrated, announcing: "I'm a 34-year-old NBA center. I'm black. And I'm gay."

Collins said he had struggled with his sexuality for years.

Former NBA player John Amaechi came out as gay in 2007, but he had already retired.


One part of removing bullying is to have mainstream tolerance and acceptance: some examples to aspire to.

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"But since I am, I'm happy to start the conversation. I wish I wasn't the kid in the classroom raising his hand and saying, 'I'm different.' If I had my way, someone else would have already done this. Nobody has, which is why I'm raising my hand."


Good on him. He rocks Smiley: smile

Now, if only a person in a 'real' sport had come out in the US Smiley: clown
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#31 Apr 29 2013 at 3:08 PM Rating: Good
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Bullying can also be emotional, not physical. My classmates in elementary school called me all sorts of horrible names and shunned me. I was never invited to that many birthday parties - and the one time I was, for my friend Charm, since I was white the Applebee's hostess mistakenly assumed that I was there for a different party (all of Charm's other friends were black. **** you, Georgia.) The hostess never even told us there was a birthday party in the back room. My mother only found out when she heard them singing Happy Birthday, and at that point she was so livid she ended up... Actually, I'm not sure quite what she said, but the end result was that I got 5 minutes of my friend's party and my mother ended up with comped dinner for the entire family from the manager.

Didn't matter - by the time third grade rolled around I'd paired up with another nerd girl, Christy, and together in our best friend nerdliness we didn't mind the whole "being ignored by everyone else" thing. We had books and Girl Scouts and music.
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#32 Apr 29 2013 at 5:37 PM Rating: Decent
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Now, if only a person in a 'real' sport had come out in the US Smiley: clown

I hope it's A-Rod. That whiny little ***** has got to be a catcher.
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#33 Apr 30 2013 at 5:46 AM Rating: Good
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I was teased, as everyone is, but never what I'd call bullied. Of course that might have something to do with my brother, who allegedly mentioned to a few people that if he ever heard I'd had to kick their asses, he'd feel honor bound to kick their asses worse.
I would've done the same thing for my little sister but the one time someone tried to bully her she threw her rollerskates at his head and he never tried again [:lol]
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#34 Apr 30 2013 at 6:23 AM Rating: Excellent
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There are hidden advantages to growing up with older brothers. You learn to take the teasing, and you learn to dish out the pain.
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#35 Apr 30 2013 at 6:41 AM Rating: Good
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My younger brother suffers from schizophrenia. I think he probably always did, because despite him being small, I never had to stick up for him because whoever picked on him ended up far worse at his hands than they would've at mine.
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#36 Apr 30 2013 at 7:20 AM Rating: Good
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Debalic wrote:
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Now, if only a person in a 'real' sport had come out in the US Smiley: clown
I hope it's A-Rod. That whiny little ***** has got to be a catcher.
If anything, Mark Teixeira is certainly bi.
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#37 Apr 30 2013 at 6:27 PM Rating: Excellent
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It's possible that the definition of bullying is being stretched in some cases, but I don't know if a lot of harm is coming from it. It certainly can't hurt to encourage at least tolerance and respect. Although there's going to be a limited amount of effectiveness in some ways - humans take years to develop the cognitive ability to take perspectives outside their own mind, and to be capable of empathy and such.

The consequences of bullying are well-documented and severe. The consequences of an overreacting anti-bullying agenda are not known. Until I see evidence of these consequences, I'd side with the anti-bullying movement.


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#38 May 01 2013 at 7:09 AM Rating: Good
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Why in my day, the term "bully" meant "great" or "outstanding"! When did this pejorative version start to be used? When the other children told me "You are a bully" I would respond "And a good day to you old bean, wot wot!" Surely they didn't mean to imply something more sinister?
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#39 May 01 2013 at 7:12 AM Rating: Good
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Why in my day, the term "bully" meant "great" or "outstanding"!
Was that the same day where 'gay' meant 'happy'?
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#40 May 01 2013 at 7:21 AM Rating: Good
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Smash is now pictured as wearing an akubra hat and a thick white mustache.
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#41 May 01 2013 at 8:38 AM Rating: Excellent
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Why in my day, the term "bully" meant "great" or "outstanding"!

Amusing when people misinterpret what the term "bully pulpit" is supposed to mean.
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#42 May 01 2013 at 8:45 AM Rating: Good
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lolgaxe wrote:
Smash is now pictured as wearing an akubra hat and a thick white mustache.


Monocle required.
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#43 May 01 2013 at 9:03 AM Rating: Good
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Eske Esquire wrote:
lolgaxe wrote:
Smash is now pictured as wearing an akubra hat and a thick white mustache.


Monocle required.

...and a fine wooden walking stick with a scrimshaw grip (for pointing and gesturing purposes only).
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#44 May 01 2013 at 9:16 AM Rating: Good
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#45 May 01 2013 at 10:55 AM Rating: Decent
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I still actually say "well bully for them" fairly regularly. It's understood that my intent is to convey "I don't give a fuck" with other words, as is the case when I say "hello", "how are your children doing", etc.
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To make a long story short, I don't take any responsibility for anything I post here. It's not news, it's not truth, it's not serious. It's parody. It's satire. It's bitter. It's angsty. Your mother's a *****. You like to jack off dogs. That's right, you heard me. You like to grab that dog by the bone and rub it like a ski pole. Your dad? Gay. Your priest? Straight. **** off and let me post. It's not true, it's all in good fun. Now go away.

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#46 May 01 2013 at 11:10 AM Rating: Excellent
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I sing "Wooly Bully" fairly regularly.
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#47 May 01 2013 at 11:42 AM Rating: Excellent
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So, Smash is the Monopoly guy?
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#48 May 01 2013 at 11:42 AM Rating: Good
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A slightly older Nigel Thornberry.
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