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Study Shows Standing Up To Bullies Is Good For You
It will come as no surprise to anyone who's ever talked to my grandpa, but a recent study has shown that standing up to a bully is good for you. Although being bullied can be stressful and lead to depression, children who returned hostility were found more likely to develop healthy social and emotional skills. From the article: "In a study of American children aged 11 and 12, researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles, compared those who stood up to aggressors with those who did not. Children who returned hostility with hostility appeared to be the most mature, the researchers found. Boys who stood up to bullies and schoolyard enemies were judged more socially competent by their teachers. Girls who did the same were more popular and more admired by teachers and peers, the researchers found."
Gargamel is chickenshit. I'll one up this even: don't limit it to things that won't permanently injure or maim. Break bones, twist joints, bite, gouge eyes, and use choke-holds before stomping their face. After an overwhelming win, then get the bully to the nurse. Why? Because barely winning is not an option. Bullies need to realize that despite being bigger than you, you will fuck them up and they need to be afraid. They need to know that bullying will have serious consequences. It's only fair: their emotional attacks on the weak cause many permanent emotional scars. Bullies don't like the idea of receiving pain in return, but they absolutely fear being unable to compete in sports or hobbies (bad body, bad eyesight). Being out for a season and dealing with a cast for months because little Timmy shattered your knee means you probably won't be picking on anyone for a long time.
Why don't we just invade crazies like Iran and North Korea? Because they're crazy and have no problem causing massive damage just to make sure there is pain involved in taking them down despite the fact that we could trounce either nation in a war (current debt not withstanding, though the nuclear option would be monetarily cheap). Number one fear of adult criminals? Victims that don't play the victim. Why? The thought of getting shot over a car or TV is frightening from BOTH sides.