HarraArial wrote:
Fighting rarely gets anything done, and with the zero-tolerance policies, the victim is often punished more than the bully.
The only time I fight people is when I'm joking ((or, in the case of today when I punched one of my friends for insulting my Dad after I warned him not to say it, when they think I'm joking.)) Or when it's fine with both parties. ((I.E. When some people and I end up beating the living daylights out of each other fencing with sticks thicker than a grown man's thumb.))
Otherwise, little gets done with fighting, yes, it will teach someone a lesson oftentimes, but you're more apt to get in trouble doing it.
Yes, I'm well aware that fighting isn't sometimes the best self-defense method you can use, but if you can't persuade others to stop bullying you by talking to them because they don't take you seriously, or go and tell a teacher/adult what's going on (this makes the situation worse and the bullying increases even more)...what other way is there left?