Bullying

[davewitley]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "jenny_ravenclaw" <meboriqua at a...> wrote:
> Not long ago, my boyfriend's younger brother was 
> having a problem being bullied at his school.  My boyfriend 
encouraged 
> his brother to fight it out.  I am not saying I agree with this, 
but 
> my boyfriend's brother not only beat up the other kid, but they 
then 
> became good friends.  

Is there a distinction here between bullying where the bully needs a 
supply of victims who remain docile, and a culture of violence where 
a fight is a necessary preliminary to any other social intercourse?

David, who knows very little about all this