Poll: Fight Back

[Choppaduel]

long as your prepared for possible blow back.(retaliation of some sort) yeah

 

[emeraldrafael]

You did, but you didnt. you made a temporary solution. If the person you defended is an "easy" or repetitive target, then they'll be attacked again, and you wont be there to protect them. Then the bullies will take their aggression out on the kid for the humiliation you gave them.

Personally, I would have done the same thing. and after gaining something of a bad reputation for fighting when i gave advice in other threads, I have to say you handled it well. You didnt think, you just acted, whihc is good. Yes, you should try to use your words, but sometimes (like this) you just dont have that opportunity. only if it was me, and especially if the kid was a friend of mine, it would have been a alot worse phsyically for the people bullying him (we're not exactly all on the same page about how homosexuals should be treated where i live with the minority being they hsould be treated equally, whihc i believe).

You took a step in the right direction though. You showed you wouldnt take your friend being abused. Now your firend has to show that as well. I know, its ahard thing to get over the being bullied mentality, but he has to show now that he wont always need you to defend him. So claps for you:
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[Agayek]

Last week I was with one of my friends near his school, where he gets bullied a lot because he is gay. We were at a park with some other friends and me and three others went to get fish and chips. When we got back some guys from his school had come down and start verbally and physically abusing him. Without thinking I ran over and punch one of the guys from his school and kicked another in the chest. After this they ran off.

What I was wondering is did I do the right thing? my friends were divide, some said I did the right thing, others it wasn't my place or I shoudln't have done anything.

The bolded part is the key here to determining your moral standing on this one. They assaulted him, that is more than enough reason to beat them half to death. A couple of blows is perfectly justified and is really the only proper response when seeing or receiving it.

You are 100% in the right and anyone who says otherwise deserves a swift kick to the testicles (or a Falcon Punch to the ovaries).

Edit: As an aside, you should also really try to help your buddy fight back. It doesn't have to be much, but teach him how to throw a punch and try to get him to a mental stage where he is willing to hit back.

 

[Cobbs]

Kudos for the dispensment of justice.
However, a back the flying duck off my friend may have been a slightly more suitable first assault.
However (however) good job again.

 

[Veldaroth]

The idea of someone bullying a friend of mine really makes me angry so I can certainly sympathize with what you did. However, it's probably better to try to end things with words first. It can usually prevent trouble later too.

 

[Risingblade]

They might come back so watch your back

 

[SirBrad]

You certainly did the right thing, though, if you catch them again, question their sexuality in turn. Looking at the situation logically, they're targeting him for being gay, by preferring men to women, he removes himself from competition with women they might want, if they were straight. By being homosexual, he is removing himself from the running, so why the harassment? Truth is, he is now one more bit of competition for them. They're so far in the closet they're finding Daddy's gay porn stash, and now they'll never come out. They don't know it, but deep in their subconscious, what's making them angry about him isn't that he's different, it's that his interests create more competition for their potential mates. If they were truly straight, they'd be thankful for him.

All in all, nicely done.