In the Bullies post, this writer talked about fighting a bully who became this writer's best friend. As mentioned, that incident happened right in class directly in front of the teacher. This writer remembers the bully looking at the teacher, wondering why this writer went off.
This writer also remembers what the teacher said to the bully. "That's what you get," she declared. As stated, said bully became this writer's friend, but that's beside the point. What is the point? When you do people wrong, you get what you get. When that happens, can you really expect sympathy? The answer is no.
In this writer's experience, most bullies want victims, not fights. What happens when they get the fight they weren't looking for? They suddenly play the role of victim. Unfortunately for the bully, most (intelligent) adults don't buy that crap. Everyone knows what the bully did, so nobody can really feel for sorry for it.
If the bully happens the be smaller than the person it's picking on, than it may garner some sympathy if the size differential is great enough. For the most part, though, people understand when the bully gets what it gets, regardless of size.
Being a bully is like kicking dogs. Some dogs may may take it and some dogs may whine. But eventually one of them is going to realize it has teeth and decide you need to know what they feel like. When that happens, can you really blame the dog for biting you when it was simply defending itself?
Until next time...
Good take on the subject, Steve!
ReplyDeleteI like this line: But eventually one of them is going to realize it has teeth and decide you need to know what they feel like.
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