If a former bully of yours got cancer, would you be happy?

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No, the two things are not even connected. Bullying and cancer? How is a bully getting what he/she deserves by getting cancer?

I would be happy if the bullies had to experience what I experienced as a result of their behavior. Then they would know what it was like, and that would be justice.

I think bullies have a much better idea than they're usually given credit for about what it's like to undergo their bullying. In fact, that's precisely why they bully---it'd be pointless if it didn't make the victim's life miserable.

Therefore, subjecting them to the bullying they inflict on others wouldn't teach them much. It'd only make them all the more eager to bully you back, to show you they're boss and it's becoming of them to be the bullies, not of you.

"Bullying back" worked for me. It must've caused the bullies to think that I was not a weak and pathetic whiner that no one would pay attention to. Flattening one bully's nose against the asphalt sure changed his mind about picking on me.

A better revenge for certain bullies of mine would be for them to have to be outcasts, living in poverty, and ridiculed on a regular basis for being different.

I was briefly a bully in school when I was trying to get friends by being one of the bad kids. I picked on one girl in particular who everyone thought was very odd.

I didn't really realize what I was doing; I had been made fun of for years and was trying not to be the victim anymore. So my goal was to be popular and to impress others. It only lasted a few months. I started to feel bad about it, then I moved and became a target again.

So I still feel bad, and in my case I wasn't actually trying to inflict pain; it honestly didn't even cross my mind that my behavior was having that effect. All that I thought of was trying to get others to like me. When I realized I was being mean, I felt bad and stopped.

I am not an angel in this respect, the most I could do would be to pray for them. we must pray for our enemies precisely because that is the hardest thing to do, to spiritually progress you must forgive your enemies, "leave them to their karma." i'm still working on that, and probably will do so until I push up the daisies.

I wouldn't care one way or the other.