Reply #59: Hell ya.

[wolfgangmo]

I loved that movie.

I was a lucky kid. My dad was abused as a kid and he stopped the cycle with his kids. He never raised a hand to us.

I was never bullied but I helped a friend beat the shit out of a bully who had bothered him for a year. The bully was too stupid to know that he was outclassed and outgunned. He kept trying to attack us as we walked away telling him we didn't want to beat his ass no more, until we did have to beat his ass.

I guess, because of all the kids watching he thought he was losing face. And in a way he did - we wailed on him until he was pulped. I always wondered why he wouldn't give up and then years later, I met his dad and it all became clear. His dad was a major dick. Kind of like Will's dad in Good Will Hunting but without a smart kid as a son. I figure our bully couldn't back off because his dad would wail on his shit if he didn't.

I'm not sure what the solution is. Are there smarter folks on here who want to give a few suggestions?