Kickingbird

What the hell is this?! You can’t decide if someone should live or die by these standards. It's like when people keep quoting the bible if their statements are ever questioned by the sane. As well as saying an eye for an eye, the bible says an insolent child can be brought to the city gates and stoned to death. It says homosexuality is an abomination and it should be punishable by death. It says men can have more the one wife and slavery is acceptable. For all I know, that reflected the best wisdom of its time, but its just plain wrong by any modern standard. Society has a right to protect itself. It does not have a right to be vengeful. It has a right to punish but it does not have a right to kill. Debating the legality of the death penalty becoming void if you are mentally disabled is a ludicrous and pointless thing to discuss. And locking them way for the rest of their natural life won’t solve anything – a human being can learn to be better from yesterday but also sink if he is misdirected. A human being can open up his way of thinking to an infinite end. You must ask – do you kill to change or to punish? - discussion for MA aswell me thinks. We should be asking why these people are like this in the first place, why cant they stomache todays society, why they feel the need to kill someone in the first place. Starter for 10.... In America, A child born this minute has a 1-5 chance of being poor. 44 MILLION people don’t have health insurance. The number 1 cause of death for a black man under the age of 35 is homicide. 3 million people are severing life sentences in jail right about now. Five million People are drug addicts. 13 million CHILDREN are in poverty. 3 and a half million kids go to schools that are literally falling apart. They need to spend 127 BILLION dollars on school construction rather than bullshitting those that still believe blowing stuff up is the way of freedom and democracy. I’ve just finished watching the second series of the West Wing so I’m a little riled up right about now

I know this kind of ground, but there are, as in many situations like this countless unknowns. Has this kid got any friends inside school? What do his friends do about it? Is he on is own at break? Bullying has a very manipulative control over people (especially children of a young age) so it’s important to let him know that he is not alone and that people care. The beautiful thing is, you can actually do something to help him Become his friend, stick up for him. No matter how insane the situation, give him something to confide in, to share his feelings with. If he’s having violent rages this usually (I strongly believe) that this is really (REALY) got to him. School is for learning and fun, but learning to cope with this kind of situation on your own, at this age, is not only mean - its wrong. Strong self will is very important, but its not the only answer. I work in a job where I depend on the people around me, where I can’t just depend on my own skills alone. We all need people to support us when we are in trouble, to help us if we are in need. This kid needs your help NOW Telling the teachers and both the bullies parents and the kids parents would be an excellent start, bringing a possible truce to this, negotiate before acting. Talk to the kid and sympathise with him. I believe this as martial artist and as a human being. Violence must always be avoided, but that doesn’t mean you should ignore it. Man is violent and non violence is just a immature approach to violence. You must learn to understand violence, and go beyond it if you are to solve it. If a situation calls for it, unleash it with fury. Ask not what you are fighting but what you are protecting. Punish the guilty and reward the innocent. May your humanity find route