2011-03-14, 08:01 PM
Rick Wrote:The fact they're easy to mess with is what makes it fun for the bullies.
So you make sure you're not easy to mess with... if you don't lose your pomegranate, and you make sure they're not coming out ahead, you don't have to move to violence to keep them away. They'll just lose interest. No need for "eye for an eye", just defend yourself so whenever they try to hurt you, a) you're not hurt, b) they're hurting themself.
I got bullied a little in sixth grade. It stopped when I put a sharp object in the way of the bully's slap - he skewered himself on my pencil. I can't imagine that felt good, and he didn't tell the teacher or anything.

