Force the bullies to use a MLP bag for a week?

I remember something about a co workers kid getting bullied and the only thing that stuck out in my mind is that the teacher or whomever kept on talking about consequences but never really did anything.

I think the only things I can think of involve organized crime and violated the genova convention.

It might be unusual (debatable for a nine year old). IT might even be abberant behaviour that needs to be stopped lest society fall to the neckbeards or something.

But if that was the case, there would be some action to be taken in the middle of that. Not "Ponies! Let some random kids beat the crap out of him!"

I like the hypocritical way the school "resolved" it. Remember, your choices don't matter and your fragile opinions won't be protected! Unless you know, you're a bully, then the authorities will force people to conform to your ideals.

Agreed. Noone should be bullied because the way they are dressed. Same with [censored] really, hate that "she had it coming dressed like that" [censored]. It's not the victims fault, the fault lies in the person who wield violence.

Even though i am 20 yers old i still find the odd few cartoons rather amusing, doesn't mean i go out in public letting everybody know about it.

We live in a doomed society, the best way to survive is just keep your head down and try not to draw too much attention to yourself.

And I wear a faux fox tail out in public (sometimes). And pony t-shirts (also sometimes). In fact, I'm going to wear my Pontiac RD t-shirt today.

Have you never read the bullying threads here? That's all that happens

But it's just part of growing up, learning to keep what you like but isn't accepted by the majority a secret


Basics of Urban Survival right there.

Have you seen my posts in those threads? Sounds like not.

I can't remember what everyone posts, i just deliver gross exaggerations and poor jokes

But yes, i do seem to remember you being one of the people calling out the "blame the victim" people.

That's your choice, not very wise considering how many judgemental morons but to each their own i guess.

Wow, this forum sure gives off a , "the world is evil, just shuffle along and take it and hope no one notices you".

The negative energy here is almost...infectious. I forgot this is the place where optimism goes to die.

That is odd that there hasn't been a I have a video game idea thread in a long time.

There's a reason the CD is known as the place where hopes and dreams come to die.

seriously. I've walked all around Chicago with a pony shirt during a night of bar crawls with my fraternity brothers and there was nary an odd glance or hard times given. So the world isn't completely doomed yet.

As for me, this behavior is unacceptable, and it always pisses me off when the victim is the one punished while the bullies get away with it. Kid should fight back nezt time and damn the school administrators' judgement. Not like they'll defend the victim anyway and continue to overlook the bullying.

I can either choose to deny who I am or live how I want. I can choose to hide who I am or I can choose to love who I want.

Some degree of restrain on uniqueness should be common sense.

Well, that's not depressing at all. "Be who you want to be! But not so much that people might think you're weird."

It should be even more common sense to understand my meaning.

You don't go to school dressed like Ronald McDonald for example.

Obviously not. That's just stupid. But how does any of this even remotely come close to wearing a Ronald McDonald costume?

I'm not entirely sure I would agree with that, the more I think about it.

Looking back on my own school experiences, it strikes me that the ones who got bullied the most, it wasn't so much about their outward appearance, necessarily. I think for the most part bullies are going to pick easy targets where there's not likely to be any backlash for their actions. If a really popular kid with a lot of friends decides to come to school wearing clothes that make them stand out, that's not likely to have much in the way of repercussions for them. Someone who's more socially... "inept" does the same thing, and that's putting a big bullseye on their back.

My initial opinion was to agree with you, actually. But I can't help but think - if the most popular 9-year-old in that school had shown up for class with a My Little Pony backpack, that we probably wouldn't be reading an article about it. I can't help but feel that a bully is going to bully someone, and if they didn't choose to latch onto one thing as the "reason" for that bullying, it was likely to be something else anyway. At least that's what I saw when I was growing up.

I entirely comprehend your meaning. It's the language of repression. The language of denying yourself and how you feel in order to fit in and not rock the boat.

Meh, if you ask me it's a crapshoot.

On the one hand, the MLP bag's pretty much waving a red flag in front of a bull.

On the other, that doesn't change the fact that the problem is the presence of the bull. And if you can't express what you like for fear of being bullied, then you already are being bullied.

Still, banning the bag rather than daling with the bullies? Wrong way to go about it.

Very good point, I think.

I agree to an extent, and disagree to an extent.

First, yea the school should have punished the bullies and teach them what they did is completely unnacceptable. True. And yes, a woman who is [censored] is never to blame. It's called [censored] for a reason.

However, this isn't exactly new with schools. For instance, if your car is robbed or stolen and they find out you left the door unlocked, they're going to treat it as though it was your fault, at least here in South Carolina as far as insurance goes. And the college will say the same thing so they aren't held liable.

Point being, yea it isn't right, but you know and I know and the parents know that what that kid did was stupid. And I'll say it here too. What that kid did was stupid. They should have known better than to let their boy go to a public school with pink ponies on his bookbag. That's the parent's fault, really. They were stupid for letting him do that. The school is not the place to go to be doing this sort of thing. It is distracting and causes trouble. Basically I agree with those who say if you want to make yourself out to be that different, then you should be aware of the consequences. Not because that's the way things should be, but because that's just how things are.

People shouldn't judge others for what they wear, but they do. People shouldn't take advantage of those who are abscent minded and leave doors to houses and cars unlocked. But they do. People shouldn't take advantage of women who dress like prosttutes and are easy targets. But they do. So we need to be smart to keep bad things from happening to us. It's an ugly world. Prepare yourself for the worst, or be prepared to be a victim.

Those women going around protesting by wearing no shirt, but tape their briasts, then write "still not asking for it" on their stomachs? They may not be asking for it, but it's still incredibly stupid.