Harassment

[Mrs. Lyfing]

Harassment comes in many forms,it can be a co-worker,the opposite sex,someone disliking your race,sexual preference,& a big issue these days...Peers.

Can so much harassment toward one individual cause breakdown?
Definition~Under the United States Code Title 18 Subsection 1514(c)1. Harassment is defined as "a course of conduct directed at a specific person that causes substantial emotional distress in such a person and serves no legitimate purpose".

Examples; The Columbine High School massacre occurred on Tuesday, April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School in unincorporated Jefferson County, Colorado (the CDP of Columbine) near Denver and Littleton. Two students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, embarked on a shooting rampage, killing 12 students and a teacher, as well as wounding 23 others, before committing suicide.

Did constant harassment cause these boys to do this? Or would you believe it was deeper or a mental health issue?

Cho Seung-Hui the shooter in the Virginia Tech massacre~committed mass murder of 32 people and wounded 25 others in the shooting rampage which as come to be known as the Virginia Tech massacre.
Fellow students described Cho as a "quiet" person who "would not respond if someone greeted him." Student Julie Poole recalled the first day of a literature class the previous year when the students introduced themselves one by one. When it was Cho's turn to introduce himself, he did not speak. According to Poole, the professor looked at the sign-in sheet and found that, whereas everyone else wrote out their names, Cho wrote only a question mark. Poole added that "we just really knew him as the question mark kid."

How far do you think harassment can take someone? Have you ever been harassed? What would you do? & another ? is this only common in the US recently? & if so what is that saying about our children?

[Elysium]

If you can't take harrassment there's seriously something wrong with you. I don't believe in the whole counselling approach, but if people thinks it works better than some roughing up, I don't care - their kids, not mine!

[theTasmanian]

we often called bullying "character building" people in Australia need to HTFU!

i for one hate PC etc rubbish.....weak fools!....now if the law will look the other way as i dish out some "attitude re-adjustments" to my piss-head neighbours for what they are and do:

[Boche]

we often called bullying "character building"

Indeed. I'm sure everyone gets bullied and harassed sooner or later. People who can't take it have a weak character and probably no self-esteem at all.




Gruß,
Boche

[Skarpherdin]

yea i have been harassed because of my faith but i just laugh at them and explain how my faith is older and more wise than the new wave of Jesus.
i have had some half caste stand over me with a wooden bat threatening to hit me if i keep explain that it was a Pagan emperor that made her faith big.
but that is just the slow and small minds of the lower classes found in New Zealand

[ladybright]

Harrasment happens to most people it seems. Calling kids weak for being hurt by it does not help. Showing ways to be strong, healthy, and sucessful are helpfull. Encouraging art, sports, music or some other form of endevor helps most kids deal with the cruelty of other kids & teenagers. Being harrased is not an excuse for violence although in extreme cases it may be a reason.

This is one more reason that I think teens need a 'cool' aunt or uncle that they can talk/vent to and spend time with. The old fostering out of teenagers idea will not work now but having somewhere for them to go seems like it is still a good idea fot the sanity of both teens and parents.

I had the misforture to be a goth in highschool when the Columbine shooting happened. That led to some interesting harrasment by random adults but not so much in school. I was just glad that I had good art& vocational teachers.

[Northern Paladin]

My room mates and I harrass our other room mate for being an idealist. There is no malice in it and he knows it too.

[Phlegethon]

Shooting innocent people is as typically American as apple pie. And so is bullying, hazing, gang rape and other alleged 'outgrowths' of the American 'education' system. Stuff like that happens when you have a one-branch high school system with thousands of students and pseudo 'higher education' where being good at sports basically matters more than being able to read and write.

I have encountered ivy league exchange students (even had to play tutor for them for a while) who never would have been able to graduate high school here. Those at the unversities with above-average intelligence are almost exclusively Asian.

[Northern Paladin]

Shooting innocent people is as typically American as apple pie. And so is bullying, hazing, gang rape and other alleged 'outgrowths' of the American 'education' system. Stuff like that happens when you have a one-branch high school system with thousands of students and pseudo 'higher education' where being good at sports basically betters more than being able to read and write.

I have encountered ivy league exchange students (even had to play tutor for them for a while) who never would have been able to graduate high school here. Those at the unversities with above-average intelligence are almost exclusively Asian.

Americans have tried to reform and make their schools less violent. But it has only led to a vicious cycle, of more violence. I hope people will realize that bullying others, is not ethical and therefore not in the best interests of society.

[sophia]

I remember when I was 12 and I worked out that "everyone makes fun of everyone" and that you just had to suck it up. Before that I took it really personally.:p I think I figured it out a bit late really but I was so relieved when I did because before that I had no friends.

But I think there is a point where it gets too far, there is a point where one of two things needs to be acceptable, teaching the bastard a lesson or having some legal recourse to make them leave you alone. Personally I would prefer the former, but in the absence of it, I think there ought to be the latter.