New Posts For Thread: Gay, Bullying, and Suicidehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43931/29104725/Gay,_Bullying,_and_SuicideSince DUO was accused of starting to many threads on gay topics, I'll start one. The Sioux City Journal (I grew up there) devoted the whole front page to bullying after a gay kid in a nearby town committed suicide after bullying. www.huffingtonpostThis thread was moved from the Hot Topics Zone.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43931/29104725/Gay,_Bullying,_and_Suicide?post_id=519855213#519855213This thread was moved from the Hot Topics Zone.Sat, 19 May 2012 12:49:15 -0500Uh... who is "he"? You just described every Republican president since Reagan. [/quote]LOL, You are right .http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43931/29104725/Gay,_Bullying,_and_Suicide?post_id=519623927#519623927Uh... who is "he"? You just described every Republican president since Reagan. [/quote]LOL, You are right .Sat, 12 May 2012 19:26:05 -0500Uh... who is "he"? You just described every Republican president since Reagan.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43931/29104725/Gay,_Bullying,_and_Suicide?post_id=519623897#519623897Uh... who is "he"? You just described every Republican president since Reagan.Sat, 12 May 2012 19:24:16 -0500I knew who many of the gay guys were in high school--1970's. I could relax and be myself because all they wanted was my company. I dated one guy for months--to all intents and purposes we were a "couple", although we actually had a crush on the samehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43931/29104725/Gay,_Bullying,_and_Suicide?post_id=519617777#519617777I knew who many of the gay guys were in high school--1970's. I could relax and be myself because all they wanted was my company. I dated one guy for months--to all intents and purposes we were a "couple", although we actually had a crush on the sameSat, 12 May 2012 15:43:06 -0500Exactly.Funny isn't it how he led a "posse" must be because he was wealthy. Inner city kids would have been called a "gang". And assaulting by someone with a "gang", if he had not been "wealthy" he would have been arrested, and at least been fined fhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43931/29104725/Gay,_Bullying,_and_Suicide?post_id=519609321#519609321Exactly.Funny isn't it how he led a "posse" must be because he was wealthy. Inner city kids would have been called a "gang". And assaulting by someone with a "gang", if he had not been "wealthy" he would have been arrested, and at least been fined fSat, 12 May 2012 12:00:56 -0500But Kena) you are citing a one on one fight, not leading a "posse" of kids to assault another. (This incident was independently verified by 5 witnesses, all but one of whom were willing to speak on the record.)b) you do not seem to be dismissing it ahttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43931/29104725/Gay,_Bullying,_and_Suicide?post_id=519604017#519604017But Kena) you are citing a one on one fight, not leading a "posse" of kids to assault another. (This incident was independently verified by 5 witnesses, all but one of whom were willing to speak on the record.)b) you do not seem to be dismissing it aSat, 12 May 2012 09:17:25 -0500Yeah, Ken. They were different times, but also, apparently, different areas. I was class of '57 in a small school in northern New England. There were at least four gay fellows in school with us, though none in my class, that I know of. Yet little washttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43931/29104725/Gay,_Bullying,_and_Suicide?post_id=519592407#519592407Yeah, Ken. They were different times, but also, apparently, different areas. I was class of '57 in a small school in northern New England. There were at least four gay fellows in school with us, though none in my class, that I know of. Yet little wasFri, 11 May 2012 21:30:40 -0500I graduated from high school in 1961. I had several fights. I broke one boy's nose and another boy's arm. They were 'fair fights', but I was not exactly a 'pacifist' as a teenager. I was suspended from school for a week for the nose break. The two ofhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43931/29104725/Gay,_Bullying,_and_Suicide?post_id=519592023#519592023I graduated from high school in 1961. I had several fights. I broke one boy's nose and another boy's arm. They were 'fair fights', but I was not exactly a 'pacifist' as a teenager. I was suspended from school for a week for the nose break. The two ofFri, 11 May 2012 21:00:08 -0500This was not a prank like ringing door bells. It was a criminal assault.He has assaulted many people since then and shows no remorse at all. Those companies his corporation took over and closed down, all those people out of a job, and he shows not onhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43931/29104725/Gay,_Bullying,_and_Suicide?post_id=519591903#519591903This was not a prank like ringing door bells. It was a criminal assault.He has assaulted many people since then and shows no remorse at all. Those companies his corporation took over and closed down, all those people out of a job, and he shows not onFri, 11 May 2012 20:50:01 -0500This is how I view his behaviour as well. It was physical assault, he should have been arrested for it.Funny thing is (Not ha ha funny)By saying he does not remember, he is being more insulting to the victim, because he is saying the person and the ehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43931/29104725/Gay,_Bullying,_and_Suicide?post_id=519591695#519591695This is how I view his behaviour as well. It was physical assault, he should have been arrested for it.Funny thing is (Not ha ha funny)By saying he does not remember, he is being more insulting to the victim, because he is saying the person and the eFri, 11 May 2012 20:36:29 -0500