violence begets violence.....
It would appear Moontanman, that you became that which you were against. Beating up the bullies, made you the larger bully.
When i was 13 a group of 20 some girls at the other school in my town decided they were gonna take Pam out the picture.Now i was a rather verbal teenager and a few stray comments about the leader of the pack made it back to her ears. The comments, unfortunately were true, but some things are better left unsaid when the hormones are out of control and boys are involved

Now their school let out about 20 minutes before mine did, and they would lay in wait for me about halfway between the school and my home.For days, they would encircle me and hurl threats.My own pack of 4 chicks stopped walking with me although we travelled the same route. When questioned, they wanted to keep their pretty faces and teeth.So alone, for days, dreading and i mean absolutely dreading that walk home, there they would be.Finally the day of imminent face removal was here. They screamed and yelled and baited me to throw the first punch.I stood there, quietly. On it went, until finally, i made it quite clear that i would not hit any of them and if they must, beat the you know what out of me, but i would not fight back. they were puzzled,and confused. They stared, open mouthed, got pissed off and walked away. That ended that day, and you know, i ended up becoming best friends with that chick and she bullied no more
