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Originally Posted by IliketoPuck
I just get the feeling reading this thread that those that were bullied have an entirely different viewpoint on how to react to bullying.
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I wonder about this, too. Or how many of those who are saying "He didn't have to do it that hard!" have ever actually been in a fight. Not a little up-against-the-lockers slapfest, but an actual fight.
I've been bullied. I've been in fights. And the fastest way I ever found to end bullying against me permanently was aggressively. I was fed that "you are a big, strong boy, don't be hitting kids" from my mother (parents separated) but there were times that was the only way to get them to leave me alone. And it always worked.
That was a different time, though. These days, who knows. Nothing looked excessive to me. Awkward, as the big kid didn't really seem to know what he was doing...but when you 'snap' like that, it's more instinct than anything else. He also could have been a tool and worked the skinny kid while he was down, but didn't. I doubt that skinny kid will be bothering the big kid again.
And that, in the end, is simply what the big kid wanted. His goal was achieved.