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I'm with CC on this one. This whole BS attitude "We have to rehabilitate them, not punish them" pussified, lame brained idea of justice is not acceptable, and makes nobody accountable. They bullied the kid so hard he killed himself. That wasn't enough they bullied him post posthumously.

Me and CC are a lot alike. I have met the dude, and based on our posts, we had very similar upbringings. If my old man, found out I was bullying a weaker kid at school, unprovoked, he would have kicked the crap out of me the second the principal hung up the phone with him. There was no ,"Son, that is a bad thing, lets talk about your feelings... and lets see a therapist that will ask you how much you jack off."

In fact, I slugged a girl at school once when I was 8, and it was kinda justified from a kids perspective, she peeled all the decals off my BMX and put Strawberry Shortcake scratch an sniff decals on it. My dad when he found out, slugged me about 10 times. And good for him. Because I never hit a girl, ever again. Even after taking an unprovoked, full wind up, kick to the nuts from a psycho ex when I was 25 that put me in the ER for 2 days. I wound up, but stopped when I remembered that lesson. Stuck with me for life.

Maybe the answer is more militant justice. Maybe parents do need to smack their kids is they step way out of line. I used to think, "Woe is me, my dad beat me up when I was a kid." But its kinda funny. I am respectful to my peers. Respect my elders and boss, am chivalrous with women, and will always stick up for the little guy. All lessons I learned the hard way. The fear of repercussions was all the incentive I needed to stay in line.

Today's youth is so protected from any form of punishment or justice, they have nothing to fear anymore, and absolutely zero accountability for anything.

edit:
Not condoning beating kids as the answer...... but the current methods are not stopping bullying, it seems the problem is much worse now