[Stingy Jack]

I agree. I was picked on myself when I was a kid, and there have been times when I really wanted to exact some revenge. But, we as a society can't allow that. Imagine the chaos we would be in if we said: "Okay ... it is now perfectly all right for those who are picked on in school to shoot or stab their tormentors." Kids would be killing each other left and right! Thankfully, when I matured, I rose above the torment and realized that those people who treated me the way they did did so out of ignorance, pride, insecurity, and a thrist for power. As a teacher, I know that you can't take the ridicule dished out by a teenager seriously or personally. I still hear that shit ... every day. But they are just immature children (despite what they may think of themselves.) Rarely do you see mature adults treating each other that way ... and when you do, those people are quickly ostracised by the community. I truly wish that children wouldn't treat each other like they do, and there is no excuse for it. But it certainly is NOT OK to say that "they got what they deserved" if they meet a violent death by someone they picked on. Give me a break!! If I went to work, and was picked on by a fellow employee over and over again, day after day, and decided to settle it by shooting his ass ... then it would be completely justified for me to be put away for a LONG time.