Should the kids taught to be bullies?

Question

According to an article, in this gritty and mean world of cut-throat competition, teaching morals and ethics will only hamper childern's future and create a generation with no concept of reality. Teaching them to be bullies will ensure a "street-smart" generation ready to face the challenges of life.

Disclaimer: this is not my personal opinion.

Answer 1

In my opinion, no, children learn enough bad habits from parents and society as it is. Being a bully only creates more anger and destruction among our younger generations. It breeds hatred and I think helps to bring on situations like what happened at Columbine, Virginia Tech, etc. Those children who are being bullied grow up to be adults who have so much anger that sooner or later they are going to snap and then we have another killing spree with families left wondering what the heck happened and what their loved ones did to deserve this type of treatment. It is a visicious cycle of hurt, anger and depression that leads to the road of death and destruction. It is something that I feel could be avoided in many cases.

Answer 2

Bullies are insecure, immature, insensitive, vindictive, lying, selfish, opportunistic, arrogant, two faced, back stabbing, cowards, who triy to harass and intimidate people they often wrongly perceive to be weak or vulnerable. The article was written by one. What a load of crap.

Answer 3

I don't agree. It's those people that do that that create the need for that type of thinking. Parents should teach their children morals, especially compassion.

Answer 4

What a total idiot the author of this article is! Teaching morality and ethics provides a solid foundation of strength, which gives young adults the ability to truly be strong.

When we look to history we learn how ruling by strength alone is never enough to ensure a safe and equitable life for all in the group. Strength alone does not lead to a healthy and vital society which lends to each other a sense of safety, family, belonging, and continuity. All these are vastly important to attaining and continuing a real community.

Ruling by strength alone is simply not conducive to the advancement of a society. There must also be wisdom, kindness, and some degree of justice which the people can count on, depend on as always there to create fairness and equitable rule and law. Ruling by strength without being tempered by wisdom, fairness, and consideration of all parties leads to resentments, distrust, and eventually hatred.

When ruled in this fashion the "leader" truly rules by selfish desires alone, for what is best for "him", (I say, him, because any people ruled by strength will always find that ruler is male), rather than what is best for his people. This does not lend to loyalty out of loyalties sake, but force. Force never allows for any real degree of belonging to a society, nor to any real emotion of fighting for a group as a whole, but for one's own needs and desires. When people do not have loyalty for a leader born from the leader's true desire for what is best for all, but rather leads only for selfish reasons, those he leads never fight with a whole heart.

Bullies have not always been born of low self-esteem, or lack of confidence. When we were ruled by lords there were two types: those who ruled with strength tempered with wisdom and love of the people as a whole, and those who ruled by strength alone. History has born out that those who ruled with strength tempered with wisdom and love of the people as a whole faired much better through the centuries than those ruled by strength alone.

Today we have bullies who are born of low self-esteem and low self confidence. They do not garner loyalty born of love commitment and therefore are truly weak. Look to politicians who try to garner support by brute force, the force of their personalities and we easily see a "leader" without a loyal following. These men and women will not last long in their leadership role. As a strong example look at Mr. Bush Jr. and watch as his popularity drops like a rock. Had he been in his first stint as President he would not be re-elected to this very powerful office. Mr. Bush is indeed a bully, who was cunning enough to hide his true character until he has nothing to truly lose. He now stands to earn two hundred fifty thousand dollars annually as a past President, as will his wife after his death. He recently commuted the prison sentence of a person who was his political ally and can because he has nothing to lose. However, had this occurred in his first term it would have been political suicide to do so, and he would not have done it. This demonstrates that those with power seemingly can do as they please but only if they no longer have anything to lose in doing so.

This is not strength, it is cowardly, and all in politics today know if their "leader" has something to lose they would be left to fend for themselves. This does not achieve true loyalty, but only loyalty born out of fear. Those who have aligned themselves with such a "leader" live in fear and dread.

However, if these same people knew that they could count on their leader to do what is just and right no matter the consequences to self, then that leader garners true loyalty, and this type of loyalty has tremendous power. People with this type of loyalty will willingly go to their deaths to defend their leader and people. This is where true power lies.

A wise leader understands how important it is to be faithful and true to his/her people. This leader does not do so out of selfish intent, but to be a truly great leader, one who cares deeply for the welfare of his/her people.

Our society today is no more or less violent than that of any other time. Our violence is perhaps a bit different, in that it is not so sudden and direct. I am speaking of society as a whole in the United States of America. People who are aware of the world around know how dangerous life still truly is. We no more live in a "civilized" world than our ancestors did two hundred or more years ago.

There are many who wish to live in a cloud of unreality, to deny the realities of the world. This is why they become so angry when they are forced to face the true beast of human nature. They cry out for ever harsher sentences, and wish to put to death children. They live in fear that their veil will be ripped away and that they then will be obligated to live in the real world. These people are weak, sheep, who are afraid of their shadows, and who are willing to do most anything to keep their veil of ignorance. These people search for a "leader" willing to do great violence to "protect their ignorance of the realities of life in this world. However, when they attain such a leader they then are faced with his/her brutality and wish what actions they once condoned to vanish as if it never occurred. This is what is happening with the war in Iraq.

These people elected a man who they thought would keep them safe in a hostile world, who could keep their ignorance alive and well. However, when things went horribly wrong, when things were not wrapped up in a neat and tidy bow within a few short months they turned on this man and now wish all he did to vanish. They wish to forget their responsibility to the people who we invaded, who we allowed to be slaughtered, who we allowed to tear apart the lives of. These people harp on the loss of our military lives, and yet fail and refuse to see that if we abandon the people we so greatly and unjustly harmed we will make all the loss, all the death and destruction for nothing.

I do not support the man in office, and I never have, though I am a Republican. I can not condone the selfish invasion of an innocent country. It has been proven without doubt there were not weapons of mass destruction, nor that any in that nation bore any responsibility for our tragic 911. However, we have a moral and ethical responsibility to try to heal the wounds we inflicted. Leaving is what a bully would do. However, Mr. Bush is a bully if the worst degree, and don't allow his vow to "stay the course" to fool anyone into believing he is less than a bully. He has selfish reasons to "stay the course" and it is for these reasons alone he continues this path, not for any real concern for our troops or the people of Iraq. It is a horrific injustice and the actions of a bully, a man who was arrogant to believe he could go in and finish the job he believed his father failed to do. He now clings to his course as though this somehow will change the fact of his selfish and brutish leadership.

To state that we should teach our children to be bullies is ludicrous and would be a crime for any to believe any of it true. It would be a crime to so fail children.

Morality, and integrity builds strong young people who have a strong foundation in which they can grow in wisdom and real strength. Morality, integrity and wisdom is what will save us all, not brute strength. We need more young adults who have this strong foundation to be our leaders and our people. It is not just leaders who must have this solid foundation of morals, integrity, and wisdom, and the strength born of these things. The people too must possess these traits in order for us to continue to prosper, grow as a nation, and find safety and some degree of peace.

The peace makers of our society are those who truly will lead us to all which is good and great. It is those who understand that there is room for many beliefs and ways of life who will lead the way to a future rife with health and true strength. There are times we must go to war, but only to defend ourselves from direct threat. We must not be arrogant and believe we should be the police of the world. Each country has a fundamental right to grow and evolve at their own pace. Each culture must grow and the best way to help others attain this is by example, not war and force. Only resentment and hatred can result from that.

This is a great question and one we all should consider carefully. How each set of parents raise their children will have a direct impact on whether or not this nation will be able to stand the test of time. Are we to grow healthy and strong and evolve into a true democracy and provide real choice of our tenant of the American Dream, or are we fated to die like the great Roman Empire? The Roman's were brought low and came to ruin due to their vast arrogance and belief in their great strength. The Roman's turned into bullies and ended sadly. I would truly hate to go the way of the Romans and for any to believe this not possible they are foolish in extreme. The Roman's in their time were the greatest civilization and yet were brought low and to rack and ruin. Lets not allow history to repeat itself.

I wish you a grand day and a wonderful Fourth of July holiday. This date is great to contemplate such ideals. The Fourth is our liberation from tyranny and thus we should take care to always appreciate what we have and attempt to achieve ways to ensure we are able to fully simulate into a bright and truly civilized world.