6-year old boy stabbed, shouldn't have worn pink.

[The Stonker]

And you Europeans say your countries are better than ours. Your have preschoolers that try to kill each other with knives and your schools don't give a fuck. Now while I know not all Europeans turn a blind eye to this sort of thing, I will say to the ones who do "I am a bisexual of Jewish descent who believes in Atheism and has no criminal record who has lived in America all his life saying "you are as bad as the rest of the human race, get over it!"

Oh yeah, I do feel sorry for the kid, hope he can learn the meaning of "in the closet" before he gets killed by preschoolers. Now while I have to say I don't know what he is going through, I will say I know people who know what he is going through, so your not the only one.

I have 1 thing to say to you.
School shootings in America and street violance.
Yes, London is fucking dangerous, but Paris? Naaah.

 

[tomtom94]

Humanity: Disappointing me since 1994.

 

[L4WLI3T]

My school uses the excuse "Boys will be boys". they have used it since two years ago, (sixth, i'm in eighth) every time I report anything that is BLATANT bullying, they say "boys will be boys"
OT: That school is just plain stupid. Its a child that got stabbed. Granted, with a blunt knife, the kid is six for pete's sake.

 

[Karilas]

Surprise at bullying of somebody who stands out from their peers in school?

Meh. This is why most people don't start expressing themselves until they're older, more confident and able to deal with bullies. Kid needs to learn the value of blending in, other kid needs stabbing slightly harder, with a slightly sharper knife as an example of how it's not nice to stab people. That'll learn 'im.

I bet someone will find a way to blame videogames for all this.

This gives Sweden a bad reputation, even though these things aren't common in Sweden.

I wouldn't worry about it, for years now the media attitude to news stories has been, "make it sound as bad as possible, to hell with context!"

Seriously, just look at the Daily Mail.

 

[VanillaBean]

Well I would blame the school, because they're encouraging bullying in their own school system. Someone is not doing their job right.

 

[Daveman]

evil of stabbing somebody >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> evil of forcing somebody to wear a pink shirt > evil of wearing a pink shirt

 

[Trucken]

I dont know, I guess its just me being foreign and not living in Sweden, so not living in its system. I would like to ask the Swedish Escapists if this is how Sweden actually works, because if so, I truly weep for your country.

Honestly, our schools just can't handle bullying. We have a bunch of different programs against bullying but they don't work. "But", you might say, "why don't you change the programs or create new ones that actually work?" Because, silly, what if we create new ones that does work? Then we'll have nothing but happy kids who are friends with eachother and don't stab others in the neck. The horror!

Seriously, I'm not sure the bullying here is any worse than in any other country (but there have been some extremely sick cases of it if anyone wants to hear), but the ones who should stop it can't seem to figure out how. By God, usually they transfer the ones who get bullied to other schools, not the bullies. Yeah, that's a fair solution...

 

[kinggamecat]

Why can't the TEACHERS just do a better job of STOPPING THE BULLIES FROM BULLYING! Jesus! Be responsible for what happens in yer class! Yeah if ya wear pink yer more likely to where pink, but imagine how the parents feel when the teacher who coulda stopped this said, "ya shouldn't have let him dress the way he likes, it's YOUR fault he got stabbed for letting him dress like that." NOT FRIGGIN' FAIR Right?

 

[ThatLankyBastard]

That's just ridiculous...

Hell! In my elementary school we had a Pink Day to stop bullying...

... I still wear pink on that day...

 

[Thaluikhain]

And you Europeans say your countries are better than ours. Your have preschoolers that try to kill each other with knives and your schools don't give a fuck. Now while I know not all Europeans turn a blind eye to this sort of thing, I will say to the ones who do "I am a bisexual of Jewish descent who believes in Atheism and has no criminal record who has lived in America all his life saying "you are as bad as the rest of the human race, get over it!"

OK, politics time. You're making the usual American mistake when talking about Europe. We have a single border around the perimeter of the EU, we share some laws and we have numerous agreements to facilitate easy trade. We are not the same country. The difference would be roughly like saying that the US, Canada and Mexico are all one entity.

[small]Add in everything south of Mexico, and you can collectively call them "America".[/small]

You might also want to compare the frequency of this sort of thing.

Captcha "usenter inbreeding"

 

[Vrud]

When I was in school I got stabbed with a pencil.

 

[MasterOfWorlds]

Not that I agree with the school's stance, but if you like something that you know people get bullied for, and you do/wear that thing...you're doing it to yourself.

It's just like the black guys complaining about being treated like thugs for dressing "ghetto", some gay guys get crap for dressing really feminine, and so forth and so on. I'm not saying it's right, I'm just saying that you shouldn't do things that you know atract unwanted attention, especially when it's easily avoidable.

 

[Thaluikhain]

I use 'American' because it's a bit more handy than 'US citizen' and everyone knows what I mean when I say it. We know the difference, I'm sure that the US doesn't get stick for drug farming in Brazil.

[small]Refrains from mentioning US actitivies in South America[/small]

Yeah, I know...though apparently alot of Americans get offended being lumped in with the US.

Not that I agree with the school's stance, but if you like something that you know people get bullied for, and you do/wear that thing...you're doing it to yourself.

I can't totally disagree with that, but it's a bit dodgy..."your fault for choosing to be different"...

 

[Vivace-Vivian]

Fuck what WILL happen. People need to focus on what SHOULD happen. If we accept that someone will get bullied because of a colour, and let it happen what are we saying about other issues?

 

[spartan1077]

Well, there are several thing I want to note,
1) The boy likes pink, so what? the school is being pretty stupid about a color...
2) We are talking about 6 year olds here, their too immature and ignorant to know not to bully him.
3) if a 6 year old is evil enough to stab another person, well, that person (the stabber) needs harsh punishment now, if the law or school go easy on him now, expect a future killer out of him.
4)There are plenty of ways he can get around wearing pink like for example, wear a pink shirt but a (insert fitting color here) sweater over it.
5) Life sucks like that, bullies should NEVER and I mean NEVER be the person setting the rules, there are cases where it can result in the victim committing suicide.. Parents and officials should and HOPEFULLY do something reasonable

This guy has the best points in this thread. This SIX YEAR OLD stabbed a kid. I wouldn't show mercy and I'd give him the worst punishment possible. Also, anyone in school, sadly, has to be prepared to be bullied if they are different. The school shouldn't have just accepted this as fact, but it still is. If you're different, you will get bullied and in this case, stabbed. Parents shouldn't be restricted from letting their kids like things, but they should be realists to their kid and tell them that they will get bullied if they're different.

 

[IamQ]

So the morale of the story is: If you as a male is willing to do something that is outside of your gender role, then you are wrong, and you should accept the fact that everyone will hate and bully you?

... I am astonishment...

 

[Berserker119]

We had a day set out at our school to wear pink to raise awareness for things like this. I didn't know people still did it though. And 6? Really? That's a bit young.

 

[Crazy_Dude]

A six year old stabbed another kid?

Seriously that is messed up I dont care if he likes pink and nail polish. Yes he will get bullied for it.

Stabbing a person for the clothes he wears and what his hobbies are is freaking horrible. I have no words for this that Kid should be put into some kind of mental hospital right away. If you already start stabbing people at only 6 years old you are bound to become a killer if they dont act right now.

 

[Shycte]

I dont know, I guess its just me being foreign and not living in Sweden, so not living in its system. I would like to ask the Swedish Escapists if this is how Sweden actually works, because if so, I truly weep for your country.

Honestly, our schools just can't handle bullying. We have a bunch of different programs against bullying but they don't work. "But", you might say, "why don't you change the programs or create new ones that actually work?" Because, silly, what if we create new ones that does work? Then we'll have nothing but happy kids who are friends with eachother and don't stab others in the neck. The horror!

Seriously, I'm not sure the bullying here is any worse than in any other country (but there have been some extremely sick cases of it if anyone wants to hear), but the ones who should stop it can't seem to figure out how. By God, usually they transfer the ones who get bullied to other schools, not the bullies. Yeah, that's a fair solution...

Education minister Jan Björklund is apperently going to change that. It'll be easier for schools to kick the evil basterds out. Not a day to soon I say.