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[paigetheoracle]

Hi everybody! I'm late to the game but I hope my comments prove interesting. Firstly I don't think it is the sport per se that is the problem but that such activities don't develop the little grey cells between the ears (Art and science do because they require detailed concentration, whether it's music or something else). Sport and any crude, laboring activity build up muscles not brain cells.

Of course bullies use threats and intimidation because violence is dangerous to all parties, potentially, so if you can get what you want without it, why not? On top of this violence is weakness and if you can provoke someone else to hit you, they not you look bad in others eyes (Even criminals want to justify their actions, to appear the good guy).

Talking of whistleblowers - the nurse who exposed the lack of care for patients in a hospital ward for geriatrics, in a Panorama TV show, was sacked by her profession but the bastards who mistreated the old people were not, proving the point raised is true about cover ups through embarrassment by the authorities.

Lastly on this subject and talking of animals. We have a new dog that keeps attacking our old dog. It's a fear reaction but we know that if we stick to it that this will change over time as did our appreciation of the second dog we got last year, that preceded the Collie. I was all for giving it to the nearest dogs home, if I didn't strangle the little so-and-so first! Now he's obedient and calmer as the Collie is becoming too. There are times when we want to throw her out but we know that in her present condition (damaged goods) she wouldn't get re-homed easily if at all. Like a lot of these twisted bullies, you need to stop their bad behaviour there and then (if for nothing else in our case but to keep the vet bills down for stitching). We need to understand the behaviour not condone it (see reasons, not accept excuses - with the dog it goes ballistic when it feels confined because that was its early life - in a 10-15 foot outside run for at least 4-5 years, with no let out for exploring the rest of the world). The frightened, frighten - stress can turn anyone psychotic as this is the basis of brainwashing.