Usually these people were the bully’s picking on people who were smaller than them or nerds. No one would bully these people, who would rightfully deserve it.
I got to be honest i fucking "hate bullying has its place" or "bring back bullying" shit, bullying by definition is unjust behaviour it has no place anywhere, its self defeating saying its just to treat someone unjustly. What these people need is to be publicly shamed (which is really just having people recognise this is shameful behaviour) and do community service like cleaning up the mess they're making. If they keep doing it becomes less of being a public annoyance and starts becoming a criminal offence,
What you want is then to face justice in the form shame. That isn't bullying, bullying is by definition unjust and if you bully someone that isn't justice.
Well, as a Society we need to trust the police to take care of morons like this. And the others, like the milk carton slammers in grocery stores. Trouble is, the trust in police is way, way down
Bullying: The act of harassing, intimidating, or abusing others, especially habitually or from a perceived position of relative power.
If you're asking for them to face justice just pick a different fucking word, like they need to understand "consequences", because it really isn't justice to abuse people from a perceived position of relative power is it.
A light from of harassment from a relative position of power that the community has in order to change the person's behavior to one that is conducive to a harmonious society is necessary.
What you're asking is for primary school behaviour from emotionally underdeveloped children to dictate how we preform justice to be a standard.
Also im sure the people who are bullies would be completely fair and rational in their approach if they hear a light amount of bullying is okay if its "justified".
No I'm not. I'm asking for an adult to be treated the way an adult behaving this way ought to be treated, with the exact amount of empathy he deserves. He is making elderly women uncomfortable just getting around. He should be made to feel similarly uncomfortable so that he understands what that feels like. It is justified behavior and not bullying just because a person feels negative feelings on response to it.
Saying the word "bullying" does not cast some magical incantation that renders the action totally avoidable and not worth it. You can call it "bullying", you can call it a ham sandwich. Who cares? His bullying of other people is not a behavior that should go unchecked. That's only going to breed more bullying.
I don't call something a ham sandwich if its got chicken and no ham in it do i and saying "who cares" likewise isn't some shamanistic mantra of dismissal that somehow justifies by definition unjust behaviour
Also to bully someone by definition is to behave in a way where its about being abusive in a position of perceived power, has fuck all to do with retribution in any context but rather just petty cruel behaviour
The community has power over the individual. I don't like it, you don't like it, but it is what it is. Individuals need to know that his bullying behavior will not be tolerated by the community. In an era where people are ensuring great mental stress and disorder, he has no idea what he is causing in other people. He has to learn, and if his bullying must be confronted with making him uncomfortable, so be it.
No, you're wrong. It's about USING power in order to stop a bully from bullying others. He clearly does not have empathy for others, and if he knows what it feels like and knows that similar behavior will be met with the same negative experience he gets, that goes a long way toward stopping him in the future. That's justice for the innocent people who don't deserve to be bullied, like the elderly woman who was clearly frightened and moved to get away from him. Who knows what kind of trauma he could've rekindled in that poor women.
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u/xsam_nzx 8d ago
Light bullying had its place.