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Originally Posted by MatthewS

I'd contest that's a fairy simplistic generalization of the term, but sure, that does make sense.



You sure do love to use the word shameful a lot. You asked me if I've ever laughed at someone who had an imperfection. I answered that.

No I didnt read my whole question again.
I rarely use the word shameful unless I am discussing these matters with you.

The fact youre trying to condone people laughing at and mocking another persons body in such a situation is disgraceful and yes shameful...the fact you avoid honest answers to direct questions is shameful, the fact you try to hide behind other peoples interpretations of bullying is also shameful

if you want to be cowardly and hide behond other interpretations that actually give an honets opinion yourself , heres 1 of the wikipedia interpretations of bullying


"Bullying behavior may include name calling, verbal or written abuse, exclusion from activities, exclusion from social situations, physical abuse, or coercion.[13][18] Bullies may behave this way to be perceived as popular or tough or to get attention. They may bully out of jealousy or be acting out because they themselves are bullied.[19]

U.S. National Center for Education Statistics suggests that bullying can be classified into two categories:


1.Direct bullying, and
2.indirect bullying (which is also known as social aggression).[1
He also suggests that social aggression or indirect bullying is characterized by attempting to socially isolate the victim. This isolation is achieved through a wide variety of techniques, including spreading gossip, refusing to socialize with the victim, bullying other people who wish to socialize with the victim, and criticizing the victim's manner of dress and other socially-significant markers (including the victim's race, religion, disability, sex, or sexual preference, etc.). Ross[20] outlines other forms of indirect bullying which are more subtle and more likely to be verbal, such as name calling, the silent treatment, arguing others into submission, manipulation, gossip/false gossip, lies, rumors/false rumors, staring, giggling, laughing at the victim, saying certain words that trigger a reaction from a past event, and mocking. The UK based children's charity, Act Against Bullying, was set up in 2003 to help children who were victims of this type of bullying by researching and publishing coping skills.

It has been noted that there tend to be differences in how bullying manifests itself between the sexes. Males tend to be more likely to be physically aggressive whereas females tend to favour exclusion and mockery, though it has been noticed that females are becoming more physical in their bullying,[16] whereas conversely, males tend to opt for exclusion and mockery rather than physical aggression when the victim is perceived as too strong, or being physical would otherwise cause problems for the bullies (i.e., cowardice), and/or the bullies see physical aggression as immature (i.e., the bullying is occurring among adults).