To be bullied

The viral video of the moment of a kid being bullied finally snaps and kicks the crap out of his bully. On one hand, it sucks to see someone bullied, and it sucks to see a kid being hurt so severely. On the other hand, as someone who was bullied, it makes me want to cheer the kid on.

The bully is like 1/3 of the size of him and comes up and punches the bigger kid in the face. The kid doesn't respond at all. Then the kid takes a few more swings at him, hitting him in the chest and stomach. The bullied kid finally puts his hands up to block the punches and when the bully takes his last swing the bigger kid grabs him, lifts him into the air upside down and slams him bodily into the ground. If he'd been slammed on his head it would've been much worse. As it was, the bully got up and was limping terribly and barely able to stand.

Both kids got suspended for fighting, but now the bully is known worldwide as an asshole who got body slammed and the bullied kid is known as "Little Zangief".

The part that really impressed me was that after doing this the bullied kid just stepped back rather than kicking the bully while he was down, and then walked away. It takes a lot of self control to do that. Especially after being punched in the face. Granted, the bully had at least one bigger friend with him.

I was bullied in school. I recall one time when my bully ran up behind me when we were running in gym and slid into my feet. I sprung to my feet and kicked the bully right in the ribs. As far as I'm aware, nobody else but his friends saw it. There was no video of the event, no fanfare at all. He probably didn't even learn anything from it. Yet I have to deal with the memories of being bullied, and pent up anger that has never in 15 years found an outlet.

You can bet that if I ever find out my sons are being bullied, all that rage will finally find its outlet and while I may never take a swing at a kid, you can be sure that he will never forget me, his parents will never forget me, and that bully will think twice about even so much as looking at my son again.

That being said, if you don't know who my sons are, you might think twice before becoming a bully for a generation or two.