The fact that millions of years of brutal, sadistic evolution drills the idea of killing at the slightest provocation, and yet that shows itself as bullying with very few deaths and a huge backlash is absolutely amazing.
You can't get rid of bullying though. We have come a long way, but we arn't perfect. How would you stop it? Zero Tolerance when a kid shows up after recess with bruises? Okay, but what about when a kid stands up to a bully, gives the bully a bloody nose, and then that kid gets the book thrown at him for self-defense? What about when a bully decides to screw with his target by accusing his target of bullying? What if a kid makes a mean comment on a bad day, and that screws over the kid? Do we plant a bug on every kid and put CCTV everywhere down to the bathrooms? Even if we became the thought police, how do you handle social bullies who ostracize and ignore the bullied? Unfortunately, bullying is too entrenched in life to be simply eradicated.
You can't get rid of bullying though. We have come a long way, but we arn't perfect. How would you stop it? Zero Tolerance when a kid shows up after recess with bruises? Okay, but what about when a kid stands up to a bully, gives the bully a bloody nose, and then that kid gets the book thrown at him for self-defense? What about when a bully decides to screw with his target by accusing his target of bullying? What if a kid makes a mean comment on a bad day, and that screws over the kid? Do we plant a bug on every kid and put CCTV everywhere down to the bathrooms? Even if we became the thought police, how do you handle social bullies who ostracize and ignore the bullied? Unfortunately, bullying is too entrenched in life to be simply eradicated.