"dsi1" > wrote in message
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> On 10/19/2012 12:42 PM, Sharon wrote:
>> She may invite it, but you can always take the high road and not
>> accept the invitation....The old saying "if you can't say something
>> nice, don't say anything at all".....Sharon in Canada
>
> Oh boy it's cyber-bullying, just like the stories on CNN! :-)
>
> Bullies were brought up to interact that way with others. They're just
> completing the circle and probably raising their kids to be just like
> them. They are opportunistic bottom feeders and "she was asking for it" is
> their mantra. That's the breaks.

Bullies have low self esteem (and perhaps other problems). They think that
by knocking others down a peg or three bolsters them up more.

I know of one bully (who shall remain nameless) who told another person that
he was going to teach her to be a bully because if she were a bully, she
wouldn't need any friends.

I also went to school with a bully and all of the other kids felt very sorry
for him. He had probably the worst parents in the world and some of the
things they did to him or didn't for him but should...like giving him
lunch...were horrible! We kind of sort all hated him on one level but on
another level we really felt very sorry for him but helpless to do anything
about it. The teachers seemed to sort of put up with a lot of his bad
behavior and they would also expect us kids to share food with him so he
wouldn't starve. Which we did. Yes, they did have free and reduced lunches
in those days. The parents just wouldn't allow him food, probably as a form
of punishment. He was constantly getting punished for something or other.
I don't know what became of him. The family moved away suddenly when I was
in the 7th grade.