DisneyBoy
06-02-2008, 11:41 AM
Yes, this is another counterpoint to another thread, but don't worry - I'm not going to make a whole bunch of threads along the same vein.
This is a question I've always wondered about - do the people who have bullied others, whether in school or socially, recognize what they've done enough to talk about it?
I can say in all honesty that I've never really bullied anyone. I don't like seeing other people uncomfortable around me, and have always addressed tensions between me and other people by opening a discussion.
I've been mean to people before. I remember this one guy in high school, not popular but very smart, who started to follow me around between classes. He made me uncomfortable in a lot of ways, and I just snapped at him one day to leave me alone. Not one of my finer moments, I'm sad to say...
All in all, unless someone else starts to taunt me as a way of being friendly I suppose, I won't even bother doing it to them. It's not really my style, or what how I'm inclined to treat people.
So...wish I could say I've bullied someone, in order to break the ice, but I can't. Have you?
This is a question I've always wondered about - do the people who have bullied others, whether in school or socially, recognize what they've done enough to talk about it?
I can say in all honesty that I've never really bullied anyone. I don't like seeing other people uncomfortable around me, and have always addressed tensions between me and other people by opening a discussion.
I've been mean to people before. I remember this one guy in high school, not popular but very smart, who started to follow me around between classes. He made me uncomfortable in a lot of ways, and I just snapped at him one day to leave me alone. Not one of my finer moments, I'm sad to say...
All in all, unless someone else starts to taunt me as a way of being friendly I suppose, I won't even bother doing it to them. It's not really my style, or what how I'm inclined to treat people.
So...wish I could say I've bullied someone, in order to break the ice, but I can't. Have you?