When are people going to learn that
Nowadays it just doesnt pay to be a bully or someone who teases and makes fun of another person because they are different,or are raised different, or in any circumstance where the so called "norm" is not followed.
i grew up with bullys harrassing me when i was in elementary school,,i was a runt back then and i had to take it,,plus the abuse i was getting at home did not help much. I will admit that i had thoughts of watching these bullies get their deserved "comeupins",,those thoughts even went so far as to visualize scenarios of them being killed. yes i will admit that i had those thoughts back then as a child.
However we all do have a choice when it comes to this type of behavior,,you can either burden yourself with these experiences and think of them as "crosses to bear" or you can use those experiences as "tools of strength" and by tools of strength i mean that you realize that these bullies are people with lower self esteem than you and you realize that it is wrong and that it would be wrong of you to retaliate in the manner that they treat you. However this is not taught these days,,,instead you have parents who will advise thier kids to "stand up for themselves" and not teach them how they should do that in a positive manner.
of course this is not apparent in all walks of life,,but we have seen time and time again our youth being stressed out to the point where they snap(columbine high,,paducah Kentucky,,the indian reservation,,and there are many others)
in this instance i feel like maybe there WAS a racial thing going on even though people are denying things right now( i guess we will know more once this goes to trial) you have one boy teasing another boy for "losing a game" and i can imagine some of the insults thrown in both directions,,with the kid and the bat allowing those insults to get to him where all he then sees is red and he gets out the bat and pops him a good one,,killing him.
i would think that nowadays kids who feel like they are so important and high and mighty and who tease others who may be "weaker" in their eyes would get the message that they ought not to do that,,lest they be the victim of their own circumstance. Im sorry to have to put it this way but there are kids out there who are stressed out enough as it is trying to be somebody in this life and society and what they dont need is some a$$hole kid getting up in their face. ESPECIALLY in kids sports event s where instead of them being taught to "have fun" they are taught that they "have to WIN WIN WIN" and if they dont win they are "LOSERS LOSERS LOSERS". I think that maybe some of these coaches need to pull thier heads out of their jock a$$es and stop being drill sargents to these kids.
i feel for the victims family and i also feel for the kid who Killed. Nothing can really justify what happened. but we CAN seek to really understand WHY the situation happened like it did and try to prevent that from happening by using kind words and setting good examples.
I wonder if Mr Bush in his "wisdom" 
who wants children to learn how to read would also want them to read with a positive mind and in a safe school atmosphere?
You know back in junior high and High school we all thought that Guidance counselors were useless as the t!ts on a boar hog. Now maybe we need something a little more than a "guidance counselor" but an actual "COUNSELOR". one who instead of talks about what college they want to go to,,that they talk about "whats bothering them".
thats my say,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,PEACE,,,TWS
It makes me mad when people say I turned and ran like a scared rabbit. Maybe it was like an angry rabbit, who was going to fight in another fight, away from the first fight.
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Originally Posted by FatherDog
