>> ^blankfist:
...This boy, Richard, is probably someone who's also bullied due to his size, and probably picks on others that won't fight back to help his image. ...


Actually, given his age, he's about normal. His peer group would accept him. Casey, being "husky", would be a target unless he was far more aggressive. In high school I decided to try out pushing people around after being picked on in elementary. Only lasted about a month. Just not in my character. Helped shape a stay-away-from-big-Dave mentality for the rest of school though, that was cool.

I strongly agree with your assessment of the father here. In the original post about this bullying, we discussed options for trying to prevent this scenario from ever coming about. It was decided that the best way to do it was through behavioral shaping, and the best way to do that is through good parenting.

What's really impressive to me is that, despite the family situation, the parents on both both sides are very well spoken, and seem to have good values that they at least intend to pass on to their children. What's alarming to me is that the parent of this child fails to do this, even though he intends to. This is clearly evidenced when the kid says he isn't sorry for what he did, and then is corrected by his father offscreen, and then the issue is finally brought out...on camera, by the interviewer. After talking things out and finally achieving character growth, the kid realizes what is wrong about what he did.

Even through all the crap that this family is going through because of how widely popular this video is, and how the entire world has practically vilified this kid and his entire family, his dad never actually sat down with his kid and talked about why he should feel sorry about what he did, and why. It took a television interviewer to bring the issue to the table. I can't think that his dad is a bad person, just that he's not talking with his kids about the important issues like he should be; but it just blows me away that if something of this magnitude can't make a parent do their intended task, what will?

Really, that's not a rhetorical question; what will?

>> ^Crosswords:

>Sincerity not found.
...This kid is going to have some real problems in the future if pops doesn't step up his parenting game. So far his biggest concern seems to be the public humiliation and vitriol he's suffering cause his kid got caught being a twat. He needs to be extremely alarmed by his child's seeming lack of empathy or inability to judge appropriate reactions to a lackadaisical insult.

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>> ^Xax:

Whatever happened... it really sucks for him that the whole world is judging him now, whereas back in my day, it would've been a few kids on the school yard and that's probably it. He's 12. He maybe deserved getting his ass handed to him. He doesn't deserve the derision and judgement (and probably harassment) of the world for this. Hopefully he succeeds despite his parentage and does well in life.


The 'abused becomes the abuser' excuse doesn't wash. The peer pressure excuse doesn't wash. These kids should be taking personal responsibility for their actions. He thought he could play at being a big man dominating others, for whatever reason, well now it's coming back to bite him in the ass. And I for one am pleased as punch. The broken leg, the humiliation and derision etc are the wages of his actions.

As a person who was frequently bullied and stood up for myself (and usually came out of the fight in a better condition than the bully) I have little sympathy for him. You pick a fight, you're gambling that the other guy isn't going to kick your ass. Bullies either gang up or pick what they think are soft targets because they are, at heart, cowards. Rat boy bet wrong.

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>> ^Opus_Moderandi:

There's only one way to end this once and for all.


As a martial artist, something in my stomach tells me this is wrong. But the smile on my face thinks it's fucking awesome.

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>> ^Peroxide:

I was bullied, harassed and made to feel worthless for many years, but being about the build of a toothpick, snapping was sadly not an option for me. I assume this is the case for many other kids these days, hope the kids who aren't big enough to throw the smack down find a solution to the living hell that being bullied (mentally and physically. the former can actually be worse.) at school is.


Unfortunately that is where weapons even out the odds and that is why we get school shootings when kids have been bullied and finally defends themselves... (I just wonder where the school stabbings are as I assume it is easier to get a hold of a knife than a gun...)

>> ^lavoll:

rabbit toothed lying rat boy


are you tough talking a 12 year old?
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THIS IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN CASEY HEYNES

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