Submitted by E. Zachary Knight - March 4, 2008 at 3:32 pm -0500
@ Stinking Kevin
There are varying degrees and varieties of bullying. Bullying is the term we give to actions that as adults would equate to harrassment and abuse.
Basically, bullying can be defined as any action meant to cause some type of harm to another person.
There is physical bullying, punching, hitting, pushing, tripping etc.
There is emotional bullying, insults etc.
Surprisingly, there is sexual bullying, I'll let you imagine that.
There is also social bullying, bullying people because they are not part of your group. This takes forms of inviting someone to a "party" and either no one being there or there is a prank in store for the invitee etc.
This list is not all inclusive and each category listed can be broken up as well.
Bullying also extends accross both genders. Usually females will only bully other females. Occasionally if a male is easy to bully females will bully him, but that is not the norm.
Males will bully more accross genders than females, but the majority of time it is against other males.
There is a large variety of bullying and each one needs to be dealt with in their own ways. The easiest one to deal with is physical bullying as that is the easiest to spot in action. The others are much more difficult for faculty to get involved in.
I am not trying to make excuses for teachers, but only sharing my thoughts on the subject.
@ Neeneko
You are right. Different people handle bullying in different ways and some people can't handle it at all. Each person needs a personal solution to overcome bullying.
Posted 08/21/08 at 04:15pm GRIZZAM PRIME: Hot damn, the Trolls must've taken some troll steroids...they are all over today.
Posted 08/21/08 at 03:03pm Talouin: @ZippyDSMlee: Yea, that game has a really high learning curve fun when you got the hang of it but the SE developers need a kick
Posted 08/21/08 at 02:45pm ZippyDSMlee: Talouin:I quit FF11 3 months after I started, is a horrible game from top to bottom.
Posted 08/21/08 at 02:28pm Talouin: @SimonBob: I have never been happier I quit FFXI last month until now.
Posted 08/21/08 at 01:59pm ZippyDSMlee: Boyycotting only works when sheeple care, the masses have to want to care about subtleties, in general they do not thus why corporate gets as far as it does. However boycotting can raise a fuss and the bad PR might make them take note.
Posted 08/21/08 at 01:20pm SimonBob: There's a full explanation of the FFXI PW fight up: http://rukenshin.livejournal.com/17133.html
Posted 08/21/08 at 01:16pm Talouin: @Quander, That fight is brand spanking new. People just don't know how to do it yet.
Posted 08/21/08 at 01:06pm AM: @GP: Boycott is unlikely to be effective due to how few people would be aware/participate. That said, I boycott EA over their "3 installs then buy another copy" copy protection, so I can't say it's NOT a good idea.
Posted 08/21/08 at 01:06pm GryphonOsiris: @Scribe, just read that. The reports are saying that is was a targeted killing. Odds are a bully, gang related or something.
Posted 08/21/08 at 01:03pm SimonBob: I just glanced over some of the companies' game lists; turns out I was already boycotting three of them anyway.
Posted 08/21/08 at 12:53pm DarkTetsuya: @scribe999 yeah I heard about that, and I *thought* I saw a vulture circling the area...
Posted 08/21/08 at 12:53pm DarkTetsuya: @scribe999 yeah I heard about that, and I *thought* I saw a vulture circling the area...
Posted 08/21/08 at 12:36pm gamepolitics: is a gamer boycott of atari, codemasters, topware and the other 2 UK firms who are extorting file-sharers a good idea?
Posted 08/21/08 at 12:19pm scribe999: Another school shooting...this time in Tennessee. Terrible news. And I'm sure there's much hyperbole to follow.
Posted 08/21/08 at 12:10pm sortableturnip: hehehe ;)
Posted 08/21/08 at 12:09pm DarkTetsuya: @sortableturnip I'm totally putting what you said as my sig :P thanks!
Posted 08/21/08 at 12:02pm sortableturnip: OMG JT speaking in front of another BS group: http://jaablog.jaablaw.com/2007/09/04/
pardon-our-appearance.aspx?pg=2
&view=threaded
Posted 08/21/08 at 11:50am Neeneko: @Quander - I"m not all that familiar with FFXI, but maybe this mob just requires more gank? or there is a trick? larger group?
Posted 08/21/08 at 07:54am sortableturnip: The "smoking gun" is the Florida Bar dropping its insurance coverage from Nationwide
Posted 08/20/08 at 05:19pm jccalhoun: it would be interesting to hire a detective to investigae Jacko and find out his "smoking gun"
There are varying degrees and varieties of bullying. Bullying is the term we give to actions that as adults would equate to harrassment and abuse.
Basically, bullying can be defined as any action meant to cause some type of harm to another person.
There is physical bullying, punching, hitting, pushing, tripping etc.
There is emotional bullying, insults etc.
Surprisingly, there is sexual bullying, I'll let you imagine that.
There is also social bullying, bullying people because they are not part of your group. This takes forms of inviting someone to a "party" and either no one being there or there is a prank in store for the invitee etc.
This list is not all inclusive and each category listed can be broken up as well.
Bullying also extends accross both genders. Usually females will only bully other females. Occasionally if a male is easy to bully females will bully him, but that is not the norm.
Males will bully more accross genders than females, but the majority of time it is against other males.
There is a large variety of bullying and each one needs to be dealt with in their own ways. The easiest one to deal with is physical bullying as that is the easiest to spot in action. The others are much more difficult for faculty to get involved in.
I am not trying to make excuses for teachers, but only sharing my thoughts on the subject.
@ Neeneko
You are right. Different people handle bullying in different ways and some people can't handle it at all. Each person needs a personal solution to overcome bullying.