[manganimefan227]

QUOTE:As for kids? Bah. Kids will make fun of everyone and everything for anything. It's mean spirited and intentionally cruel, but it's a fact of life. Your best bet there is to walk away as well. If they get physical, or continue to harass you, there comes a point where (no, I would not tell this my own kids, certain professional lines cannot be crossed) you have to turn around and hit them so hard they never, ever want to touch you again.

REPLY: If only I had the guts to do that in real life My plan is to just wait until they hit their twenties and thirties and see if just living wips them in shape! Heh, not to say I may not need that . . .

QUOTE:I only got in trouble once- and the teachers called my mother and said though they were not allowed to tell me this, I was the first person who had stood up to that guy, and silently, the teachers cheered. My mother told me this a few years after I graduated.

REPLY: Conclusion: Sometimes these punks give you a chance to build character and guts

QUOTE: Yes, sometimes, violence does solve the problem. Restrained, specific violence. It's when you lose control and use violence unrestrictedly that you become the bad guy, rather than the victim defending yourself.

REPLY: Which brings back the debate of whether or not self defense should be deemed acceptable . . .