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Originally Posted by Pyramid*

It's quite simple really...it's my opinion and I will stick by it. By all means disagree but it won't stop me from giving my own opinion.... so you can stop all the very childish smilies. Bullying is not dictated by age, nor is it limited to those theatrical or sporting backgrounds. Disagree by all means, but it's my view that he is bening bullied.

I suppose it depends how you define bullying .....

Bullying is a form of abuse. It involves repeated acts over time attempting to create or enforce one person's (or group's) power over another person (or group) , thus an "imbalance of power". The "imbalance of power" may be social power and/or physical power. The victim of bullying is sometimes referred to as a target. Bullying types of behavior are often rooted in a would-be bully's inability to empathize with those whom he or she would target.

Bullying consists of three basic types of abuse – emotional, verbal and physical. It typically involves subtle methods of coercion such as psychological manipulation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullying#Definition

Bullying is persistent unwelcome behaviour, mostly using unwarranted or invalid criticism, nit-picking, fault-finding, also exclusion, isolation, being singled out and treated differently, being shouted at, humiliated, excessive monitoring, having verbal and written warnings imposed, and much more. In the workplace, bullying usually focuses on distorted or fabricated allegations of underperformance.

http://www.bullyonline.org/workbully/bully.htm#What