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Aceofwhat?3/02/2010 1:48:37 pm PST

re: #165 Alouette

I was horribly bullied in elementary school. It had nothing to do with race, religion, gayness. I was short and nerdy and four-eyed and got picked on.

The teachers and my parents didn’t help by telling me “when they laugh at you, just laugh with them!”

Just thinking about it now, I hate them all.

Exactly. When there is no motivating factor that could lead us to excuse a particular behavior, it is far more logical to ban the behavior outright than to make enumerations based on motivation. The motivation is assumed to be unjust, regardless of what it it. It is no less just to bully you for being a nerd than for being (insert category here). Making the distinction in the ban, therefore, is unnecessary.