Bullying, good or bad?

Philippines
November 28, 2012 1:41am CST
People do experience this so called "bullying". Growing up in a community where people do notice a lot of things about you. Even the tiniest dirt, the smallest bad thing you said or do. But do their actions such as scolding you, teasing you, and laughing at you be considered as bullying. Others might have experienced these things at school. The other thing is, is Bullying really that bad? For me there are PRO's and CON's of bullying. And it is up to the offended on how he would react, or change if needed. What do you think?
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11 responses
• Philippines
28 Nov 12
Hi! .In my case, I don't really care what people say as long as I know that I am right.It's really bad if its not true .and if that will happen to me I will not react as long as I'm sure of what I'm doing. because I know things happen for a reason.
@prashu228 (37524)
• India
28 Nov 12
Hi, you are right. when we know we are right we should not care about any thing. Yes every thing in life has a reason for what ever it happens. People should realize about their positive points and should know what is right and wrong should not unnecessarily take he blame.
• India
28 Nov 12
Bullying, in fact, is bad. It shows the fact that the person who is bullying, is intellectually or situationally weaker, and is trying to compensate the wrong way.
• Philippines
28 Nov 12
Thanks for dropping a comment. I totally agree with that but just in some cases. There are also bullies that are superior in any way.
@sender621 (14893)
• United States
28 Nov 12
I do not think there is ever a good side to bullying. the bad effects of bullying seem to win out and cause more harm and misuderstanding. if only bullies could see this and do something to stop themsleves before something is taken too far.
@olliekobra1 (1825)
29 Nov 12
Its a sad fact of life but children and adults will bully each other, they do it for different reasons it may be because it makes them feel supeior or that they get amusement out of it. Some people get bullied, they put the experiance behind them and move on but some people cant move on and sometimes resort to sucide, this is the saddest senerio
@AkamaruKei (5219)
• Malaysia
28 Nov 12
I dont see any good things about bullying. When someone teased that person, scolding or laughing that is also a bullying. I never get bully by people but i think i have bully some people. My friend bully him i just laughing. I see he look stress when we teased, laughing and sometime my friend scolding him. After that I always think what will happen if me in that situation. I feel pity for him to see her after that I stop bullying him. I apologize to him if our joke too much.
• St. Peters, Missouri
28 Nov 12
I don't think the things you described would necessarily be called bullying. The definition I've most heard of bullying involves intimidation or force to get somebody to do something. It involves the person doing the bullying to have some type of power over the other (could be something like size, strength, position). With that definition of bullying, I think bullying is always bad. When you talk about teasing, I guess I think of teasing and bullying on a type of continuum. I think a certain amount of teasing will normally happen and probably does have some positive outcomes. But when the teasing becomes repetitive and/or abusive, it's become bullying. Just my thoughts. What do you see as the pros and cons?
• Philippines
28 Nov 12
Thanks for dropping my friend. About the things i enumerated, those are ones which i actually asked from kids here in our community. And these are the kids that are being bullied in school. And I totally agree on what you said about the repetition of these actions. Positive outcomes for me would be 1) change in the attitude of the kid (but this could also be a negative outcome) 2)The kid would change for the better especially physically, and emotionally as well.
@coldnpale (555)
• Greece
28 Nov 12
Bullying is something that someone will have to learn to deal with in his life. It starts from school and it can continue to your adult years, in work, random life events, etc. I consider it bad. The only good thing I can think of is that bullying at schools can teach children how to deal with life's difficulties from their younger age.
@prashu228 (37524)
• India
28 Nov 12
No bullying is not good at all.It hurts the people and some may even cannot recover from the bad affects. This may cause a great loss to the person in his life. Its common in some work places we should learn ways such that people wont get the chance to point out us. We should prove our selves that we are capable of doing anything.
@kokomo (1867)
• Philippines
28 Nov 12
Yes, I agree with you. They harm because they want their worst life experiences will also feel the other person. They are insecure. When I was a kid, I am also a victim of those bullies and thanks God I conquered that feelings. I took it as a worst nightmare during my childhood. I was bullied by my elementary grade classmate because I am very thin and weak. Now that I am a full grown up lady, I will not allow him anymore to be bullied by him. He owe a lot from me.
28 Nov 12
I was bullied throughout school and I can tell you, it is nothing but bad. It's all the same, beating you up OR the mental abuse. It is disgusting. Plain and simple. There are NO pros! And I can't imagine why you would even think that. When I was bullied, I wanted to end my own life and I even tried. But I'm not going to get into that. So tell me....How does anything good come out of making somebody want to kill themself? If anybody ever gets a kick out of that kind of thing, they are truly a despicable human being.
• Philippines
28 Nov 12
bullying is a form of superiority against weaker ones. bullying mostly happens in children at play or at school. but nowadays, bulling can happen almost everywhere. bullying is a kind of torture that affects emotions of someone being bullied.