Posted: Apr 26, 2017 9:10 pm
Thomas Eshuis wrote:I would teach my children to only use 'violence' (what exactly are we talking about here?) in self defense and as a last resort.
Taking a humiliating experience might well qualify as not breaching the last resort threshold; the same goes for taking a beating and hobbling away afterwards...what is this "last resort" you speak of?
Preferably they talk through their issues with someone else, or walk away if that's not possible.
What use is talking about being bullied? Where is there to walk to, into isolation to boot, in an enclosed playground?
Using violence when other options are available only reinforce the notion that the use of violence is normal and that it actually solves anything, when it rarely is/does.
Given the film/tv/news culture we live in it would appear that violence is useful, sometimes. You could well say that bullying is rare (it isn't, btw) but that wouldn't negate the hypothesis that violence is a useful and correct response to severe bullying.