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27-06-2015 05:51 PM |
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Originally Posted by spot_on
(Post 7937102)
Please post a link to the scene. As I remembered, Brian started that one too, then after he started it chose to remain silent.
Any ways, whether he did start that particular fight or not is irrelevant. The fact is that they both had a history together, both fought with each other, and both hold their own against each other. That fact that now, after all these fights, all of a sudden now Brian is being "bullied" is utterly ridiculous and does a disservice to all those in school who are really bullied.
Helen definitely crossed the line with her comments about Brian looking like a rapist. But guess what, things like that get said in the heat of the moment. Brian has called her a disgusting human being and other bad things time and time again, but nobody said anything.
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I was actually going to ask someone else to post it, it's not something I ever want to watch again because I found it so uncomfortable and saddening. But it'd be great if someone else could clip the one I'm talking about for me.
They did hold their own against each other in every other fight and even in other parts of that argument, you are right indeed, and I didn't have a problem with any other part of the argument (yes, even the comments, as disgusting as they were) and was actually finding their feuds entertaining because they were a level playing field, but that one particular scene was not level because he sat there in silence and she continued to goad, mock and antagonise him deliberately by her own admission which is bullying, whether in real life or on a TV show.
I need to make this distinction. Every other instance of their arguments Brian was not being bullied because he gave as good as he got, but in that one particular instance that I've outlined, he was bullied. Again, if you continue to abuse someone who isn't retaliating and don't know when to stop, as Helen at that moment didn't, you are being a bully.
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