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Title: stick & stones...really?!
Post by: ren on August 23, 2019, 04:40:00 PM

https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2019/08/24/education-board-votes-elevate-bullying-harassment-class-offenses/ (https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2019/08/24/education-board-votes-elevate-bullying-harassment-class-offenses/)

Title: Re: stick & stones...really?!
Post by: eyeeatingfish on August 23, 2019, 10:36:16 PM

Treat bullying as assault? Talk about overkill.

I am happy they are taking bullying seriously but this isn't the right way to go about it.

Title: Re: stick & stones...really?!
Post by: ren on August 23, 2019, 10:50:47 PM

So what defines bullying? He/she teased me? "body shaming" If you're fat and rolling around in WalMart on a cart you aren't doing yourself any good.

Title: Re: stick & stones...really?!
Post by: eyeeatingfish on August 25, 2019, 05:26:13 PM

Quote from: ren on August 23, 2019, 10:50:47 PM

So what defines bullying? He/she teased me? "body shaming" If you're fat and rolling around in WalMart on a cart you aren't doing yourself any good.

We could use a dictionary definition but for any law or school police they would need to define it better. Problem is bullying can cover a fairly wide range of activities and it isn't easy to define.

But however elusive, we can't deny that it does exist and profoundly affects a lot of people in real measurable ways.