by rathbone » 11 Jun 2012, 07:38
Isn’t it about time that some of you grew up?
Seashell, Epykat is not a bully, she’s a wind-up merchant who is clearly pushing your buttons, just in the same way that Lashylass knows how to get Seanie going. If you feel you are being bullied, then I suppose for you you are being bullied, but I don’t think that was the intent of her posting.
LIke others on here, I am on a number of other social networking sites which are much more vicious and on which genuine bullying takes place.
My daughter had the experience of being the witness in a court case and, along with other witnesses on the ‘wrong’ side, finding her witness statement posted on-line, being ripped apart and her branded as a liar. That is genuine bullying. The person who perpetrated it received 200 hours community service.
It was perhaps inevitable, if regrettable, that the school issue was going to be divisive. Stripping out the merits of the case on both sides (and there are merits on both sides), the arguments have reduced to name calling and mud slinging. There have been occasions when that has gone over the top and there are some people who have posted here and elsewhere who should go back and re-read what they have said about other people and reflect on whether their behaviour was that of a mature adult or someone who still had not outgrown the playground......... however, what they were doing was not bullying, only childish.
On the identity issue I don’t give a toss either way if people reveal their real selves or not.
For the record:
User name: Rathbone
Real name: Dave Irving
I have nothing to say and I'm going to say it.