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[Moontanman]

When I was in school doing my best to kick the bullies ass worked well for me. I didn't always win but the bully seldom wanted to risk it more than a few times. I also defended other kids from bullies, mostly my nerdy buddies but I grew up hard. Knuckling under to a bully was just out of the question. For the most part the bullies learned to leave the "rocket club" alone Sadly when my boys went to school they found out the school policies against fighting often allowed bullies to operate freely since no one could risk fighting because of the schools kicking out both parties no matter who started it. Bullies seem to really flourish under these conditions, bullies almost never fight, they mostly operate on psychological level of intimidation and cruelty. My youngest son managed to bloody a bullies nose once in the neighborhood and learned that bullies fear nothing worse than a victim who stands up to them.