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Date Posted: 08:17:34 02/20/06 Mon
Author: Christian
Subject: Re: myspace high school bully dilemma
In reply to: chrys 's message, "Re: myspace high school bully dilemma" on 00:05:32 02/20/06 Mon

The other thing to remember is the Chinese Whisper factor. He might not have even said what you were told. Second hand information is nothing if not reliable at being completely unreliable...

When I was a schoolkid - there was this really anti-social guy in my family group named Ian. He was a goth who did karate and would do shit like sharpen his fingernails into points. He wore long black trench coats and was a poster child for a Columbine massacre. One day, I don't even remember what set him off but BAM, he punched me in the mouth and busted me pretty good. He was a couple of years older than me and by the time I started fighting back, teachers and others came in to break it up. I hated him all through school for that. To this day I can still remember a massive dallop of blood hitting the floor as my lip split.

A couple of years after I left school, I was at a Uni party and ran into him. He was so apologetic about what had happened years earlier, admitted that he was a complete dickwad in highschool and had no excuse for what he did to me. We ended up hanging out and getting pissed together that night.

My point is that it would be a pretty tough call to hold someone accountable 8 years down the track for something they did/said (or supposedly said/did) when they were a 15 year old schoolkid. I doubt there's anyone in the world who can exempt themselves from the category of doing or saying something in their teenage years that was hurtful or they regret. I can't. Can you Chrys?

I think it's good that you got it off your chest though.

C.

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