Off Topic This is absolutely heartbreaking

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Probably not the most helpful suggestion but I'd go for kicking **** out the bullies personally. And if your not really in a position to do it, or you have a moral distatse for such actions, pay someone else to do it.
 
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Smug in Boots said:
I know this won't be a popular opinion but, sadly, I believe people like Caroline Flack are part of the problem.

I've not watched Love Island but know instinctively that it's just another infantile 'popularity contest' like much of modern TV.

Whether it's X-Factor or Junior Bake Off people are put up to be overly praised, ridiculed and, yes, bullied.

Those with limited talent are declared 'international superstars' and the 'losers' paraded on 'worst moments' compilations.

People become 'celebrities' for no good reason, other than being on reality shows, taking their clothes off or eating grubs. The problem is that they know their fame is built on sand because they have nothing to offer but their TV face which is all an act. They're totally unprepared to handle instant fame because they've not put in the groundwork. Fame is often based on saying your Gran just died then bursting into tears because you'd forgotten the words to the Robbie Williams song you were warbling.

The whole thing is ludicrous but, if you step out of line, you're told it's just harmless escapism.

Our children are being brainwashed into thinking that being 'the same as everyone else' is normal and being different is weird.

It's wrong but it's cheap entertainment which is what the public wants, no different to housing Christians to the lions.
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Absolutely spot on. A culture of humiliation and unfortunately, some people are led to believe that they've somehow 'won' or are immune from it. Until we stop watching and consuming celebrity gossip in such a profitable manner for the people who peddle it, it'll keep being a driver of young people feeling like they're unworthy of even living.

Can't just blame the people who make those shows, we all have to bear some responsibility, we've all read gossip and given the Daily Mail et al some cash, even unwittingly, at times.
 
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Sandy Camel said:
Probably not the most helpful suggestion but I'd go for kicking **** out the bullies personally. And if your not really in a position to do it, or you have a moral distatse for such actions, pay someone else to do it.
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Sandy, looking back now, I wish I had. I wasn’t the biggest lad in my class and certainly wasn’t the toughest. What I was back then was soft as ****e and scared of almost everything.
 
Evil Jimmy Krankie said:
Sandy, looking back now, I wish I had. I wasn’t the biggest lad in my class and certainly wasn’t the toughest. What I was back then was soft as ****e and scared of almost everything.
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It's a flaw in human nature imo, the ability to gang up in numbers and pick on those weaker or different from yourself. Had it when I was younger when I moved, not a good experience for anyone to have to go through.
 
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Chunksafc said:
A prime example of the useless way my boys school deal with the issues.

We were called to the school a while back after yet another incident where after being pushed around during break time, my son finally snapped and slapped the person pushing him. Not punched, but slapped. This left a red mark on the lads cheek. My son had witnesses who backed up his story that this lad had been continually pushing him, but we recieved a phone call saying the other boys parents were getting the police involved as it was assault.

My son was then spoken to by the pcso regarding this assault and the consequences he could face.

The lad that did the pushing? Not a thing said to him. I have since had to put an official complaint in against this boy as he continues to punch and attack my son to the point where he has not been sleeping, doesn't want to go to school and has even been sneaking toys and sweets out the house to give to this boy to stop him hitting him.

I had a meeting with the school and told them how scared my son was and they said it was impossible to keep them apart and if needed it might be better if my son changed schools
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Wouldn't let PCSO across my doorstep.
They are useless
 
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