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This. Is. Bollocks. April 17, 2009

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The latest update from my sources in the UK is not good.

On March 18, I related the plight of a young mixed-race bullying victim and the school’s lazy, apathetic, racist refusal to punish the perpetrators, even though their actions resulted in the victim being hospitalized for several days and the police (finally!) getting involved.

On March 24, I revealed that the bullies filmed the incident on a cell phone, showed it to everyone, and were STILL not thrown in the slammer.

Today, I received word that the victim’s parents are seeking legal action against the school. They were told that “the school has been judged as doing everything it could to prevent the bullying and protect the boy.” Judged by whom, an undercover member of the KKK?! That school did NOTHING! The problem persisted for months. Every single incident was reported. The incident which put the victim in the hospital was filmed and shown to half the bloody school!

If the school really and truly was doing “everything” it could, the bullies would have been expelled for the first offense and sent to jail where they belong. They are DANGEROUS. They have NO respect for the lives of other human beings. One of my sources, who has a background in forensic psychology and thus understands the minds of criminals, firmly believes they should be locked up forever for the greater good of humanity.

This, ladies and gentlemen, is yet another reason why I don’t particularly like all that many people. Animals attack each other to survive. Humans who launch unprovoked attacks have something wrong with their brains.

I’ll be rooting for the victim’s family when the case goes to court…and if you care about basic human rights, so should you.

(And yes, I do know what “bollocks” means. In British English it’s commonly used colloquially, so it’s not obscene…and any way one slices it, the situation IS bollocks.)

 

Vegan Shoe Lady’s Infrequent Internet Roundup November 11, 2008

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  • Don’t be so quick to bash large handbags. While they aren’t necessarily good for the back (I should know), an oversize bag saved the life of a student in Tennessee.
  • Our new President-elect and his family are looking for a dog, and have mentioned they would prefer a rescued dog. If a shelter mutt is good enough for our next President, perhaps more Americans will FINALLY realize a shelter dog is good enough for anyone fit to care for an animal.
  • Finally, some solid proof that bullies literally have something wrong with their brains, something I’ve known for years. If this isn’t a good argument to keep bullies of all ages separated from respectable people until they are fully committed to controlling their deplorable behavior, I don’t know what is.