> When you were a kid, were you ever victimized either by a schoolyard bully or by a common street bully?
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> Kid bullies usually look for another kid who is obviously younger or weaker than themselves.
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> After they assure themselves that they, themselves, are in no danger from the potential victim, they proceed to begin their bullying.
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> Once they get away with the bullying the first time, with no retaliation, they continue the bullying every time they get the opportunity to pick on the victim again.
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> Eventually, after both the bully and the victim reach a certain age, the bullying usually stops, because there comes a time when such bullying is no longer considered a little problem that kids have to suffer through, and instead it becomes a crime. And so, normally, the bullying stops at that point.
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> If you were ever the victim of a bully or bullies, when you were a kid, what is your reaction when you see the same bully or bullies now, when you are adults?
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> Is there hatred? Resentment? Revenge?

Yeah, I remember those kids. But I don't see them as adults. We moved away when I was in my mid-teens, just as I hit a growth spurt. I was never considered a good victim after that. But I heard about one of my tormentors. He is in prison and will be for a long time. The worst thing that ever happened to me when I was a victim was in about the 3rd grade. A new kid was using me to establish himself as a tough guy, when another kid walked up to him and said, "You better leave him alone. His sister will beat you up." I guess he wasn't as tough as he thought he was. He never bothered me again. But I was mortified.
Howard