This is exactly what the liberals want our military, intelligence services and police forces to do.....answer force with flowers.
The Costco article is just youth indoctrination.
I like CostCo for shopping, but not 100%!!!!!
Ref
http://madashelland.wordpress.com/2009/09/05/membership-only-stores-shopping-cart-searches/#more-12
Semper Fidelis
Gunny G
Dick Gaines
” “If kids hit you and you’re not hurt, act like nothing happened. This way you look tough and cool because you don’t get upset over nonsense. If they keep hitting or pushing you, ask them calmly, ‘Are you mad at me?’ If they aren’t, they’ll stop hitting you. If they are angry, they’ll tell you why. You can discuss the matter, apologize if appropriate, and they will also stop hitting you.” “
Obama/Hillary foreign policy, in a nutshell.....
(Emphasis on the ‘nut’...)
CostCo, ha, never stopped in, never will.
Continuing the agenda of racism is more distrubing by depicting 2 wites taunting a black. It’s not about bullying it’s about the agenda.
I think perhaps they missed the youtube sensational video of the pack of girls who attacked the one girl repeatedly for over half an hour while she pleaded with them in every way to stop. She even lost consciencous twice during the beating.
I think there was a Dilbert cartoon whose punchline was something like, "In any business organization the incompetents get put in charge of publishing the newsletter."
How times have changed -when I was bullied as a kid before the hippies’ day, the principal suggested that shy little me should toughen up and fight back!
I have found that the only thing that stops a bully is a bloody nose.
Children quickly learn that this junk doesn’t work.
Back when I was a teacher I had to sit through “bully training” where we were taught how to spot a bully, etc. As if we all hadn’t been to elementary school. When we went through all the hallmarks of a bully, they described our school principal very well.
It’s just a matter of incentives. If there’s a fight, teachers/administrators have to handle it. If there’s no overt fight, then they can all pretend to ignore it. Problem solved.
“Be nice to kids when they are mean to you, and before long they will stop being mean. This is known as the Golden Rule, and is the solution to bullying.”
What a crock of crap.
When I was in school a neighborhood friend who was defined as “special education” was freqeuntly bullied at school. I found that a good ass whooping usually brought that to an end. Bullies tend to be cowards that pick on the weak. The article basically intsructs kids to be weak. What nonsense.
“Coloroso suggests for example several “don’ts” for parents to consider, among them:
“Don’t tell your child to fight back.””
What a wonderful way to teach them to be adult sheep, easily led by bully politicians to slaughter!
BRILLIANT ARTICLE — a keeper.
When I visited the Cincinnati Costco on I275, I was surprised that their prices were no better to worse than those of the local WalMart, Krogers, Meiers, etc.
And at the regular stores you don’t have to join and go through Costco’s silly membership payments. They should be paying ME.....
I think everybody is different.
In my case, being short, I was on the “bullied” side of the equation.
But I have never hit a person before, and I’ve never been hit more than one time.
I’ve even intervened between bullies or simply angry people and people they were trying to beat up, and never been hit more than once.
Maybe just lucky, maybe really good at analyzing people and saying the right thing (I go with lucky).
For example, one time at a bus stop, a bully and his friends got around me, I presume because he needed a quick “pick-up” of “esteem” by beating up someone. So as he threatened to beat the crap out of me, I looked him in the eye, and told him that of course he could beat me up, he was bigger and stronger and had all his friends. But I said it wouldn’t be any fun because I wouldn’t hit back or defend myself.
Then I pointed out that his girlfriend was watching, and she probably wouldn’t find it very impressive watching him beat up a kid who wasn’t interested in hitting him.
Sure enough, she came over and told him to leave me alone, and I was off the hook.
Like I said, probably lucky, not sure it would work at all in today’s world where kids are not taught right and wrong.
“After getting past a rather offensively staged photograph showing two young white girls taunting an African-American schoolmate” The problem with this in my opinion is that the Vast Majority of Blacks and Mexicans I come in contact with are the TRUE RACISTS. Go By any High School in So-Cal and you will see the true Bullies and Racists, most are Black or Brown
My 7yr old is in his third year of Karate lessons. When he is old enough to be out on his own, he’ll know how to take care of himself.
The bullying issue in schools has become a pc timebomb.
Two years ago, we knew a couple, whose daughter was bullied. The mother is Mexican American, and the Dad is African American. The girls, who bullied her were blacks and Hispanics. Her guilt, she was smart, did her homework and never caused problems at school.
I suggested to the parents they get some evidence of the bullying. They had relatives, and uncle and aunt in a separate vehicle video tape their daughter being bullied and basically assaulted after they dropped her off at the middles school.
The relatives were in a separate vehicle and got close to the action. The aunt taped the bullying. It got so bad, the aunt got out of their vehicle and hollered at the bullies that they were being video taped. Their response was the famous one finger salute. While they were saluting, their niece ran into the school.
When the parents of the poor girl talked to the principal, he refused to do anything even when shown the tapes. I suggested they tell him and the superintendent to do something or they would show the video to the cops, file charges and post a copy on You Tube. They met the superintendent and showed him the video.
The school administration’s response was to change her school and bus her to another school. That was an extra 15 minute ride each way for her, and she was the innocent one. The bullies remained in the school and continued to bully others.
A similiar incidence happened in an elementary school where the kids of younger relatives go. A girl being bullied was white, and she was being bullied by a mixed group. The girl’s parents had visiting grandparents tape the bullying from their vehicle.
This school administration’s response was the same. The girl being bullied was transferred to a school 30 minutes away versus her current school which was minutes away and could be walked to with good weather. Her family sold their home and moved back to a small midwest city.
Our younger relatives at this school have a son who is a jock like his dad, uncles and his mother. So he hangs around with other small jocks, sometimes they tackle each other or dare to kick a soccer ball at each other. Several times they have been supposedly called in for bullying when they tackled each other. The last time all of the parents went to the principle’s office told him bs. There was no bullying, these were just normal boys, who were young jocks playing. He said that he still had to write them up. One of Dads of the “bad” young jocks asked his lawyer brother about it. He was told the principle needed some paperwork showing that he was on top of any bullying.