I'm no fan of violence. But I cannot say this bully did not have it coming.

[Scootaloo]

31. No. He couldn't have "scared him off" or "ended it with a word"

That's just not how this sort of thing works, DirkGently. I understand your concerns, but I promise you, there really is no way to get through to some asshole like this with words or display.

When I was in school, there was this fuckmunch named Tisdale. He liked to go around and just randomly slap sixth graders, and if htey responded, he'd use fits. The "Adults" at school, of course always said "well, we didn't see it, so..." 'cause imagine, bullies are crafty enough to evade authority. Telling him to stop resulted in "Fuck off, man" or, he'd start a fight with you.

Which is what happened when I told him to knock it off. So I got him in a headlock, swung him around for a while, and told him to stop fucking with people or the next time i'd put his head in a wall. he agreed. I let him go. he slugged me in the face and ran off, to continue doing exactly what he'd been doing.

Would just going up and cold-cocking hte bastard have fixed the problem? I dunno. But I hoenstly think it would have had a more thorough impact (eh...) than my attempt to do exactly what you described

Unfortunately the only way to control a bully is to give them what htye give others. At least, short-term; psychotherapy is the only real fix, but you can't really be the kid's doctor when you're a kid two and he's swinging at you or someone else.