Re: Iowa paper devotes front page to fighting bullying

they
may have to take an asswhippin but if you make em pay for it they'll
leave
you alone
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My son was punished 1 time by a principal for responding with equal
force to a bully.
During my meeting with the principal I informed him that I would hold
him personally responsible for subsequent attacks and that he should
call the police for protection before calling me again.
He never called again.

On Apr 22, 8:04 pm, geoffrey theist <gtheist...@gmail.com> wrote:
> why don't these punk assed people knock the the hell out of a bully they
> may have to take an asswhippin but if you make em pay for it they'll leave
> you alone. James Brown said "i don't know karate but i know karazy". don't
> be a fuckboy gimlet.
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> On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 6:24 PM, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > From Coleman
>
> > Iowa paper devotes front page to fighting bullying
>
> > This image shows the top half of the front page of The Sioux City
> > Journal's Sunday, April 22, 2012, edition, featuring a full-page piece
> > to an anti-bullying editorial after a gay teen committed suicide. The
> > Sioux City Journal's front-page opinion piece calls on the community
> > to be pro-active in stopping bullying and urges members to learn more
> > about the problem by seeing the acclaimed new film, "Bully," which
> > documents the harassment of Sioux City middle school student.
> > Relatives have said 14-year-old Kenneth Weishuhn Jr. suffered intense
> > harassment, including threatening cellphone calls and nasty comments
> > posted online, after coming out to family and friends about a month
> > ago. He died April 15 from what the local sheriff's office described
> > only as a "self-inflicted injury." (AP Photo - The Sioux City Journal)
>
> > TIMBERLY ROSS
> > From Associated Press
> > April 22, 2012 5:05 PM EDT
> > In a rare and forceful act of advocacy, an Iowa newspaper devoted the
> > entire front page of its Sunday edition to an anti-bullying editorial
> > after a gay teen committed suicide.
>
> > Relatives have said 14-year-old Kenneth Weishuhn Jr. suffered intense
> > harassment, including threatening cellphone calls and nasty comments
> > posted online, after coming out to family and friends about a month
> > ago. He died April 15 from what the local sheriff's office described
> > only as a "self-inflicted injury."
>
> > The Sioux City Journal's front-page opinion piece calls on the
> > community to be pro-active in stopping bullying and urges members to
> > learn more about the problem by seeing the acclaimed new film,
> > "Bully," which documents the harassment of a Sioux City middle school
> > student. It notes that while many students are targeted for being gay,
> > "we have learned a bully needs no reason to strike."
>
> > "In Kenneth's case, the warnings were everywhere," the editorial said.
> > "We saw it happen in other communities, now it has hit home.
> > Undoubtedly, it wasn't the first life lost to bullying here, but we
> > can strive to make it the last.
>
> > Editor Mitch Pugh said the newspaper has run front-page editorials
> > before but has never devoted the entire page to one.
>
> > "A lot of newspapers shy away from putting editorials on the front
> > page, but we feel we have to be a strong advocate for our community,"
> > he said. "And if we don't do that, we're not sure who else is."
>
> > Weishuhn's mother, Jeannie Chambers, told the Journal last week that
> > she and the rest of the family knew he was being harassed but didn't
> > realize the extent of the bullying. His sister told a local television
> > station that Weishuhn, a freshman, had many friends and was popular at
> > South O'Brien High School in Paullina until he came out. Then students
> > turned on him.
>
> > Weishuhn's family couldn't immediately be reached Sunday by The
> > Associated Press.
>
> > Pugh said the newspaper didn't consult the family before printing the
> > editorial.
>
> > "This was a bigger issue than one person," he said.
>
> > Andy Marra, a spokesman for the national anti-bullying group GLSEN,
> > said the Journal's decision makes "complete sense."
>
> > "Public education is absolutely vital to addressing bullying and
> > harassment in schools," he said, adding that community pressure could
> > push schools to do more.
>
> > ___
>
> > Online:
>
> > Sioux City Journal editorial:
>
> >http://bit.ly/ImgOYm
>
> > --
> > Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
> > Have a great day,
> > Tommy
>
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