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<blockquote data-quote="StreamOfTheSky" data-source="post: 5358775" data-attributes="member: 35909">On the flipside, a friend of mine in college told me a tale of one of her classmates being bullied.&nbsp; The bully assaulted him, and he just covered up and tried to protect himself from really painful hits, but did NOT fight back.&nbsp; Guess what happened?&nbsp; They BOTH got suspensions for &quot;fighting.&quot;&nbsp; Why?&nbsp; Because that school's zero tolerance policy for fighting said that just being involved in a fight meant you were &quot;fighting,&quot; even if all you did in the fight was get assaulted.Seriously, my biggest regret from being bullied myself in school was not fighting back more.&nbsp; The few times I did fight back basically without fail made things better or got the bullies to stop completely.&nbsp; And it sure as hell is therapeutic, totally worth whatever punishment you get.&nbsp; Enjoy being classified as a juvenile and stand up for yourself is my view.&nbsp; If I ever have children, I'm going to make sure they learn how to fight, learn the difference between responsible self-defense usages and assaults and bullying, and make sure they know to protect themselves.&nbsp; As the legal bs piles on, and schools become more and more afraid to actually do something about bullying for fear of the wrath of the bullies' angry parents, I think this approach actually becomes increasingly practical, counter to your own view.&nbsp; Never once did reporting bullying help me out, and in some of the most egregious cases, it was carried out right in front of a teacher and still nothing was done./threadjack</blockquote>

[QUOTE="StreamOfTheSky, post: 5358775, member: 35909"] On the flipside, a friend of mine in college told me a tale of one of her classmates being bullied. The bully assaulted him, and he just covered up and tried to protect himself from really painful hits, but did NOT fight back. Guess what happened? They BOTH got suspensions for "fighting." Why? Because that school's zero tolerance policy for fighting said that just being involved in a fight meant you were "fighting," even if all you did in the fight was get assaulted. Seriously, my biggest regret from being bullied myself in school was not fighting back more. The few times I did fight back basically without fail made things better or got the bullies to stop completely. And it sure as hell is therapeutic, totally worth whatever punishment you get. Enjoy being classified as a juvenile and stand up for yourself is my view. If I ever have children, I'm going to make sure they learn how to fight, learn the difference between responsible self-defense usages and assaults and bullying, and make sure they know to protect themselves. As the legal bs piles on, and schools become more and more afraid to actually do something about bullying for fear of the wrath of the bullies' angry parents, I think this approach actually becomes increasingly practical, counter to your own view. Never once did reporting bullying help me out, and in some of the most egregious cases, it was carried out right in front of a teacher and still nothing was done. /threadjack [/QUOTE]

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