For Those Who Don't Feel 'Counter-Bullying' is "Appropriate";

[lynne]

72. +1,000. But, you can't bully a bully. It's called defending yourself -

- and, sadly, that's the only tactic that will work. Unfortunately, the bully will usually move on to a lesser victim but that victim will need to learn to take up for him/herself, as well.

For those who say they would have been kicked out of school for defending themselves, may I add "So What"? I told my kids to always report a bully first but - if the bully struck the second time - to defend themselves and I'd back them 100%, with an attorney, if needed.

My brother - younger and much smaller - was the victim of an older bully. And it continued until I beat the crap out of that bully on the school bus. BTW, the bully's father was the bus driver and I almost got kicked off. Again, SO WHAT??? He never beat on my brother again. And, trust me, no one ever even looked cross-eyed at me!