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peeonme
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I am not referring to the verbal taunts about weight, freckles or having a "funny" name. I am talking about physical assault. being tripped, punched, smacked and so on. I saw a you tube vid recently about this sort of activity taking place in public schools. The question was "how to stop it?"
Having a zero tolerance policy is a bit like a gun free zone. Those who break the policy have little regard about the consequences. Usually the victim suffers repercussions as well as the perp.
At the magic age of 17 or 18 a bully might be surprised that hitting another is illegal. After spending 6 or 7 years of punching and hitting a weaker student with no repercussions now he will be held accountable.
My thought is that striking another human just because one likes to hurt others should be punishable at all ages. Yup, hit that other kid and spend a week in juvie. Sounds sever, but it is far more sever to wake up wondering if that bully will corner you in school again.
Cops don't want to get involved, they have serious crimes to deal with. Think of how the courts would be flooded with little punks who "merely" gave some boy a black eye or bloody nose.
Make no mistake, if I hit, punch, kick my neighbor (or take his lunch money) I will do some time. So why not the kid that seems to take delight in ruining another's childhood?
Having a zero tolerance policy is a bit like a gun free zone. Those who break the policy have little regard about the consequences. Usually the victim suffers repercussions as well as the perp.
At the magic age of 17 or 18 a bully might be surprised that hitting another is illegal. After spending 6 or 7 years of punching and hitting a weaker student with no repercussions now he will be held accountable.
My thought is that striking another human just because one likes to hurt others should be punishable at all ages. Yup, hit that other kid and spend a week in juvie. Sounds sever, but it is far more sever to wake up wondering if that bully will corner you in school again.
Cops don't want to get involved, they have serious crimes to deal with. Think of how the courts would be flooded with little punks who "merely" gave some boy a black eye or bloody nose.
Make no mistake, if I hit, punch, kick my neighbor (or take his lunch money) I will do some time. So why not the kid that seems to take delight in ruining another's childhood?



