I have two questions...one serious, and one semi-serious:
1) With all of the anti-bullying efforts happening, all of the protection and shielding that we're giving children ... how will they ever learn to cope with difficult people at a later stage in life? I forese, in the near future, adults needing mediators to see who gets the last parking spot at the mall, to adjudicate against those who cut in line at a movie theater, and so on.
2) Does all this intolerance of bullies, amount to bullying in itself? Bullies have a right to their own individualism, too.
In fact, I think the argument could be made that many (most) of the people on an anti-bullying crusade would simultaneously think *nothing* of crucifying me for making an off-color joke, or a remark that could potentially be misconstrued as "racist", "sexist", or "homophobic".
Truly, the inmates are taking over the asylum.
Yes, but their bullying rights will end where there faces meet my fist. :-)