How about enforcement? How many of you have kids in a zero tolerance school that in practice is anything but. How many of you have seen the issues with schools where the bullied are protected and the bullied chastised? There's a school in Squamish where cellphone video of bullies forcing two kids to pit fight resulted in the evidence being confiscated and the fallout landing anywhere but where it belonged. Those bullies that move on in life to police departments can apparently expect the same protection in some places (please don't take this as blanket criticism of police but protected bad apples are well documented now) . Those in charge of our children at school need to be focused on their duty to them, not on their preservation of personal or school image at the expense of duty. Don't get me wrong there are plenty of good teachers and staff, that deserve to be recognized but how many of them are withering in places where they can see the problem but are prevented from acting.

Perhaps administration believes their mandate is to provide a product, docile workers free of the belief they have rights they can stand up for.

I try to respect the veterans of Canada by remembering their sacrifices and reasons for them a little every day. When I encounter bullies in everyday life I think about victims like Marjorie and I know that doing the right thing is not my choice but my duty.

When you're dealing with pathology there is no easy answer to ending the cycle of abusive behaviors. Cluster b personalit­y traits can be seen in children and also the parents who encourage/­defend bullying. There is no treatment. Awareness and education is key to understand­ing personalit­y disorders and the effects on the rest of society, especially it's victims.

There no needs to be a severe penalty for anyone caught bullying someone else... there is no excuse for this kind of behaviour. Maybe if parents were held responsible for the behaviour of their minor children and fewer people were too coward to get involved when they see this behaviour more people would take note and action would be taken swiftly...perhaps the guilty should be handed over to the families of those they bullied to do what they see fit!

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