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Post by reno on May 4, 2006 18:02:44 GMT
I got bullied during my years at comprehensive school as I didn't do a full 5 years as I transfered from a special school at the end of my 8th year. I remember I couldn't like anything without being bullied or even walk any with someone giving me hassel. These days as I have left school 2 years ago it stopped but if someone from school sees me they try to wind me up but I just ignore them these days. Speaking on the subject I think it is sick that Rockstar games are creating a game based on bullying called Bully. The bully just gave some poor lad a swirly The bully kicking someone This game is by Rockstar the same company who made Grand Theif Auto. I can't beleave they would make a game out of something which hurts a lot of people in real life. What Do you think?
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Post by Mark Iron on May 4, 2006 20:20:25 GMT
that just isn't right. A game like that could (and probably) will make more bullies as kids think it's cool to do thing like that. it's disgraceful.
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Post by Assassin on May 4, 2006 20:31:48 GMT
Well, it's just like GTA (Which I LOATHE!!!) Boy are they going to get controversy. Oh well, they deserve it and I hope it gets boycotted or something.. . People who get pleasure from games like GTA and that game are sick......
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Post by Skarloey on May 4, 2006 21:25:43 GMT
I like GTA... my cousin (who is a girl) and I love popping the old grannies' heads with sniper rifles, and we're on the recieving end of bullying. Anyway, at the end of the day, it's only a game, and if used by mature children can do no harm.
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Post by Assassin on May 4, 2006 21:42:56 GMT
One point I was trying to make was about the stupid parents who buy it for their six year olds despite that it has the "M" rating on it.....-_-
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Post by Ryan on May 4, 2006 22:29:02 GMT
I like GTA... my cousin (who is a girl) and I love popping the old grannies' heads with sniper rifles, and we're on the recieving end of bullying. Anyway, at the end of the day, it's only a game, and if used by mature children can do no harm. The fact remains though, it's totally in poor taste and for a company to profit from it is totally wrong. Bullying's known to leave victims with a deep psychological trauma after it, how the hell is producing a game which promotes it going to do any good to the wider society? It's the type of controversial game that brings its own publicity and the company know that will help it sell. For the wrong reasons too! I only hope the manufacturers see fit to give some of the profits to anti-bullying charities.
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Post by reno on May 5, 2006 16:28:03 GMT
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Post by stepneydude on May 5, 2006 21:18:58 GMT
I'm a huge fan of RockStar (GTA in particular - San Andreas is quite an improvement!) but I feel that they're going a tad too far here. Getting kicks out of someone's displeasure isn't a good thing - the occasional offensive joke I can take, but when you make a full-blown profit out of it, it doesn't half make my blood boil.
I can only hope that people don't get impressions from the game and the like - it's like RockStar are just asking to get sued.
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Post by JEFF on May 5, 2006 23:33:02 GMT
today a friend of mine told me something that happened when he was in Spanish Class. This kid who is pretty much a jerk to everybody said something very Racial he said "our kind is a disgrace to mankind." this bully was not only insulting my friend but also insulting everybody in the school who is Jewish including myself and my friend. on monday my friend and i will tell the director about this and hopefully he will get exspelled he is on thin ice anyway.
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Post by RHM on May 6, 2006 19:18:21 GMT
Speaking on the subject I think it is sick that Rockstar games are creating a game based on bullying called Bully. Oh, my...I would have banned that one already! As several people said, that game will make people think that bullying isn't really anything. When I was in 8th grade, there was a gang of boys who were always bullying at me. Of course, they didn't want the teachers to see, so they threw things like gluesticks or chopsticks at me. That did hurt - you never would like being hit by anything in the head. And as time went they were doing more cruel stuff - like spitting at my backpack. Thankfully, I was seperated from them (yes, every one of them) as I went to High School. I nearly cried when I heard that news! That's the reason that I am thankful enough with boys who are just joking (yes, PURE joking, not bullying) around. Although my friends don't like any boy of that kind, I am appreiciative enough that those boys don't HURT other people. And about bullying, I really think it's something that needs to be stopped. Bullies often think that they're just playing jokes on their victims, but they never understand how painful it is! There are several students who commited suicide as a result of cruel bullying.... Let's take a example. There was a boy (let's call him A) who was bulled by another boy (B). One day, B told A to buy some candies. Unfortunately, the candies he told A to buy were not available at the school shop, so A had to sneak out of school for an hour to go to a convenience store. Later, A brought the candies. But B suddenly kicked A to a wall, saying that they were the wrong kind. So he made A eat all the candies, threatening that he would beat A up if A didn't! So A had to eat all the candies by force. It was no wonder that he jumped out from the classroom window next day. What's even more sad is that the classmates didn't do anything. A word to the teacher may have made this situation somehow better, even by a little. Later, the homeroom teacher was saying, "This is all my and your fault. Me as a homeroom teacher for that student, and you as his classmates. It doesn't matter if you weren't bullies or not." I nearly cried. I really felt sorry for that boy. It made me feel that what I had experienced was actually minor to him! My dream is to become a teacher, and when I do become one, I am going to try to stop these kinds of problems with the best I have.
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Post by Truro on May 6, 2006 19:29:09 GMT
My dream is to become a teacher, and when I do become one, I am going to try to stop these kinds of problems with the best I have. I could have done with teachers like that in my High School. Nearly all the kids thought it was fun to throw things at me, and call me names, but the teachers never did anything about it. And you may not believe this, but one of the biggest bullies to me, was my social worker. She was always taking the side of the kids who were bullying me, and dumping rot on m, for the slightest things. She tried to make it out that I was the one at fault. Next time I see that 'social worker', she's f**king dead.
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Post by tm85 on May 6, 2006 22:58:55 GMT
Bully should get an immediate ban. The game is sick and this is coming from someone who loves GTA. I'm gonna think twice now when I buy games from Rockstar again.
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Post by RHM on May 7, 2006 7:58:35 GMT
I totally agree with you, tm85! Those game designers never think about what their games can do to their customers. -_-;; And to Truro, I was in such a position, too. I did understand about other students not really doing anything to make this situation any better (but I may hold a grudge on them for life), but the teachers... The greatest reason I don't want to remember anything about middle school. Even though older students of High School are sometimes bad (and even scary sometimes), at least they don't hurt other students. My friends and I try to avoid crashes with those bullying kind of people. That worked well so far.
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Post by Ryan on May 7, 2006 22:26:08 GMT
And you may not believe this, but one of the biggest bullies to me, was my social worker. She was always taking the side of the kids who were bullying me, and dumping rot on m, for the slightest things. She tried to make it out that I was the one at fault. Next time I see that 'social worker', she's f**king dead. You'd only be sinking to her level and giving yourself a heap of trouble. If she's as bad as you make out, and I'm not doubting you, she's hardly fit to BE a social worker in the first place. Come to think of it, she'd hardly be fit to lick the s*** off your boots. The greatest revenge is living well, and if you've improved your own life since leaving school and taking control of your own destiny, then you can rub it in the noses of all the failures and tossers who are going to end up going nowhere in life. Just remember, they make fun of those they find either different, weak or easy to pick on because they feel inadequate themselves. Bullies are cowards in themselves, and if they were truly happy with their own lives they wouldn't bother you. School is when their glory days begin and end, from then on it's a struggle all the way in the real world when they actually have to confront these problems head-on.
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Post by CPK on May 7, 2006 22:42:58 GMT
The greatest revenge is living well, and if you've improved your own life since leaving school and taking control of your own destiny, then you can rub it in the noses of all the failures and tossers who are going to end up going nowhere in life. Just remember, they make fun of those they find either different, weak or easy to pick on because they feel inadequate themselves. Bullies are cowards in themselves, and if they were truly happy with their own lives they wouldn't bother you. School is when their glory days begin and end, from then on it's a struggle all the way in the real world when they actually have to confront these problems head-on. There's quite a lot of good advice there, mostly what I give out to people who come to me with problems. It's been a few years since I left school, and after those days, you enter more mature environments of college and the workplace, where people have realised it's better to get on with others. Although the bullying I recieved at school seems minimal now that I look back on it, mostly verbal and very little physical, it has given me strengths in life to this day - I'm placid, have a lot of patience, and able to get on with everyone, and no-one seems to have a problem with me at all. I'm not saying getting bullied is a good thing, but it looks like this thread is turning into a place for people to let of steam, and it's only making you feel worse.....
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Post by stuart7 on May 8, 2006 16:02:53 GMT
That's one of the reasons I like college - it's more mature. I mean, my class of Performing Arts has almost a 'family feel' about it.
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Post by Chris The Xelent on May 8, 2006 16:32:41 GMT
Yeah, college is a better place to be than school. Nobody has the authority to 'push' anyone about in college. They just give you work to do and say 'it's your choice if you want to do this or not'....at least that's from my experience. And as a result it's more relaxed than school.
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Post by Ryan on May 8, 2006 16:59:47 GMT
I'm not saying getting bullied is a good thing, but it looks like this thread is turning into a place for people to let of steam, and it's only making you feel worse..... I agree with Keith, positive thinking is the only real way to combat it. Sure, let off steam and such, but don't let this thread be a means of complaining then doing nothing. Just merely posting doesn't mean anything and won't change the world around you. YOU need to get out there and turn things around for yourself, figuring out how is just the first step in how to best acheive this, and believe me, there ARE ways of doing it. The first thing you need to do is think positive and believe you can!
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Post by jake on May 11, 2006 3:18:50 GMT
Today, I had the worse encounter ever! This bully used to be my old mate Paul. We used to be good friends, and we'd say hello to each other every day. As the school year went by, he started becoming rude and pompous. Today, he was worse than ever! He mimicked every word I said in a rather nasally voice (which I don't have. My Gordon & the Gremlin redub proves this! ), and told me I'm a wimp to "expriment" with *certain* things. I told my mate Wayne about what was happening and he understood. He, like me, is wondering what Paul's problem. I have a plan that when Paul picks on me again, I can throw comebacks in air at him! But before I step one foot into action, is there anything you guys can do to help?
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Post by CPK on May 11, 2006 20:35:25 GMT
To be honest, Paul's "attack" on you was rather pathetic, and you should be able to let this one breeze over.
Don't start anything yourself, although if he does do it again, simply say something he can't repeat, such as a long word or a phrase that makes no sense.
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