Treating bullying as everyone's problem reduces incidence in primary schools

Physical assault is a serious crime and calling it simply ”bullying” is saying ”boys will be boys”.

The ”bullies” who beat me up in elementary school all went ahead to have careers in things like dealing kilos of meth and torturing people to death.

Not hyperbole, btw.

That boys will be boys line is crap. I was a boy and somehow managed not to abuse people.

One of my favourite stories is that my wife went to watch a court case and it was one of my childhood bullies. He was up for forcible confinement. She thought she recognized the name.

I also read in the news (with great satisfaction) that his brother, who was part of the group, had been tasered and beat for resisting arrest.

Sometimes you get what is coming to you. They’re all trash and I think I turned out alright. In a weird way, I think it does build character and resilience.

boys will be boys term was invented by shitty parents who raised shitty boys

There was a guy who bullied people at my high school (including me) who ended up later being murdered amongst a handful of other people in a drug/gang-related shooting. I felt some sympathy for their family but it 's like, "live by the sword, die by the sword", you chose that path and paid for it.

Now I'm extra curious about some of the other people who actively harmed others. Not going to waste my time thinking more than this momentary passing thought about them, though :P

There are shitty parents who happen to by accident raise good people.

I'd probably correct this to be, "invented by slothfully complacent parents who raised evil people.

Seems more accurate and likely, and fits objective externally verifiable definitions of evil people (willfully blind to the consequences of their actions) at least in retrospect.

You can learn so much about lost knowledge from reading old books.

>careers in torturing people to death

What do you mean by that?

Exactly that.