Tolerance

[izabsmiling]

http://betolerant.wordpress.com/

Be-Tolerant

Tim Vann 

'Bullying may be defined as the activity of repeated, aggressive behavior intended to hurt another person, physically or mentally. Bullying is characterized by an individual behaving in a certain way to gain power over another person.'

'I am not bullied as an adult. I do not bully as an adult. I know it happens though. People are being ignored, insulted, and mentally tortured by their adult peers. Bullying does not stop in high school, and adults can be just as cruel and mean as teenagers. But one is not supposed to be bullied as an adult; one should be able to deal with criticism. Grow some backbone. Not take it so seriously.

What I believe to be the root of bullying evil is the feeling of superiority we have. My belief is better than your belief. My country is better than your country. My political views are better than yours. If you do not believe what I believe, you are stupid and wrong. And I can tell the whole world you are stupid. Freedom of speech and so on. And teach my children that people that hold different views are stupid. “But my children are not bullies. Not my children. They are respectful and tolerant, just like me.” Right….

Bullying happens when someone is different in the eyes of the bully. Is a threat. If the bully wants to feel better about himself and attacks someone that cannot fend for him/herself.. Bullying is not restricted to the school or sports we use to go to. Is has nothing to do with age.

But I suppose that the once you have been bullied, you will always remember your first bullies. How hard and unfair it was. Arbitrarily even in most cases. Because you had glasses or funny teeth. The memory and pain will always stay with you. I hope you are being treated better now.

I hope that one day there will be no more bullying. But that is not enough for me. No more racism. No more religious battles fought with real bombs and guns. No more intolerance towards gays and lesbians.

It takes more to make better world. A lot more. From everybody. And not only after your cried about a teenage suicide. All the time. Developed yourself. Learn about a different culture. Accept differences. Because if you will not, I bet your children will neither.'

[poison_ivys_pen]

I was just thinking about this again...

I've already touched on the ignore feature provided by eBay, but now I am wondering about the section in "Socially" - "Excluding".....

If a person wanted to join one of the private groups here on eBay, if their application was not successful and they were purposely excluded from that group, would this be a form of bullying?

No I wouldn't see it that way more say similar applying for a Job and being unsuccessful 🙂  reminds me I must go hit the 'reject' button on something.

[*crikey*mate*]

cos they're all listed under groups....

but your post says that exclusion is a form of bullying.

[*crikey*mate*]

so define exclusion.....

[*crikey*mate*]

ex·clu·sion
(k-sklzhn)n.1. The act or practice of excluding.2. The condition or fact of being excluded.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/exclusion

[*crikey*mate*]

ex·clude
(k-skld)tr.v. ex·clud·ed, ex·clud·ing, ex·cludes

1. To prevent from entering; keep out; bar: a jar sealed to exclude outside air; an immigration policy that excludes undesirables.

2. To prevent from being included, considered, or accepted; reject: The court excluded the improperly obtained evidence.

3. To put out; expel.

[azureline**]

depends on the context?

A family member found she was being excluded in her workplace from things that were in her job description because another staff member  didn't like her.

Children in the playground....all huddled together and turning away from 1 child? moving away all together if the 1 child comes into the group. Sitting at a table and not allowing the 1 child to sit there even though there is space?

A poster here, little stars, was excluded from Christmas lunch, not invited yet was able to witness the lunch.......

Posters telling others to ignore comments by Iza........

[twinkles**stars]

Tolerance ~ a little bit of it goes a long way IMO

Sure does

[*crikey*mate*]

depends on the context?

A family member found she was being excluded in her workplace from things that were in her job description because another staff member  didn't like her.

Children in the playground....all huddled together and turning away from 1 child? moving away all together if the 1 child comes into the group. Sitting at a table and not allowing the 1 child to sit there even though there is space?

A poster here, little stars, was excluded from Christmas lunch, not invited yet was able to witness the lunch.......

Posters telling others to ignore comments by Iza........

So, what about my example where a person applies to join one of the private groups but is excluded from joining?

[mtnlane]

Until such time as I see Iza initiating derogatory or nasty posts or making snide comments to other posters I will continue to support her right to post whatever she wishes to or contribute to any thread she chooses.

I do not see that as 'egging on' in any way.

I tend to scroll past cut and pastes and long diatribes and can usually ignore others whose posts are clearly intended to inflame.  In this instance, I cannot 😐  

[twinkles**stars]

"It's one thing to see evil being done it's another to stand by and allow it to be done"

So true.