You know what really grinds my gears?

[pintsofguinness]

He expects the child's parents to be as ignorant as him!
A child of about 10 bringing bullying on himself, jesus christ.

[caughtredhanded]

He expects the child's parents to be as ignorant as him!
A child of about 10 bringing bullying on himself, jesus christ.

Lets be mature about this, as i've stated bullying is disgusting and cowardly. It doesn't change the fact however that bullying is endemic in our schools and many parents may not be aware that their children are bullies.

It is a fact that many bullies have been the subject of bullying themselves and target the vulnerable in an effort to lessen their self loathing.

To stick out is to invite unwelcome attention from bullies. That is a fact, no matter how distasteful it seems.

I suffered grievously from bullying at school and its affects lived with me for years. I respect your view however I stand by my opinion.

[pintsofguinness]

He expects the child's parents to be as ignorant as him!
A child of about 10 bringing bullying on himself, jesus christ.

Lets be mature about this, as i've stated bullying is disgusting and cowardly. It doesn't change the fact however that bullying is endemic in our schools and many parents may not be aware that their children are bullies.

It is a fact that many bullies have been the subject of bullying themselves and target the vulnerable in an effort to lessen their self loathing.

To stick out is to invite unwelcome attention from bullies. That is a fact, no matter how distasteful it seems.

I suffered grievously from bullying at school and its affects lived with me for years. I respect your view however I stand by my opinion.

So what exactly would you have this child's parents do?

[BarryBreensBandage]

He expects the child's parents to be as ignorant as him!
A child of about 10 bringing bullying on himself, jesus christ.

Lets be mature about this, as i've stated bullying is disgusting and cowardly. It doesn't change the fact however that bullying is endemic in our schools and many parents may not be aware that their children are bullies.

It is a fact that many bullies have been the subject of bullying themselves and target the vulnerable in an effort to lessen their self loathing.

To stick out is to invite unwelcome attention from bullies. That is a fact, no matter how distasteful it seems.

I suffered grievously from bullying at school and its affects lived with me for years. I respect your view however I stand by my opinion.

So what exactly would you have this child's parents do?

A very good question

[EagleLord]

I never mentioned anything about bullying or anything like that. When I said 'Something just not right about it'..i was merely commenting on how camp the kid was, which is very strange, the age he is, espcially when he says 'star on the rise yeh' because he puts his hands on his hips and all.. Made me laugh like yeh, but at same time I was just thinking, jeeeeesus christ, buy that lad a pair of boots and an oneills ball!

[caughtredhanded]

He expects the child's parents to be as ignorant as him!
A child of about 10 bringing bullying on himself, jesus christ.

Lets be mature about this, as i've stated bullying is disgusting and cowardly. It doesn't change the fact however that bullying is endemic in our schools and many parents may not be aware that their children are bullies.

It is a fact that many bullies have been the subject of bullying themselves and target the vulnerable in an effort to lessen their self loathing.

To stick out is to invite unwelcome attention from bullies. That is a fact, no matter how distasteful it seems.

I suffered grievously from bullying at school and its affects lived with me for years. I respect your view however I stand by my opinion.

So what exactly would you have this child's parents do?

Not much they can do now, the stable door is flapping in the wind.
Their intentions were undoubtably good however they may regret them. Child 'experts'can be endearing to adults however they can become the object of ridicule. The case of James Harries (the child antiques expert) is an extreme example.

[pintsofguinness]

He expects the child's parents to be as ignorant as him!
A child of about 10 bringing bullying on himself, jesus christ.

Lets be mature about this, as i've stated bullying is disgusting and cowardly. It doesn't change the fact however that bullying is endemic in our schools and many parents may not be aware that their children are bullies.

It is a fact that many bullies have been the subject of bullying themselves and target the vulnerable in an effort to lessen their self loathing.

To stick out is to invite unwelcome attention from bullies. That is a fact, no matter how distasteful it seems.

I suffered grievously from bullying at school and its affects lived with me for years. I respect your view however I stand by my opinion.

So what exactly would you have this child's parents do?

Not much they can do now, the stable door is flapping in the wind.
Their intentions were undoubtably good however they may regret them. Child 'experts'can be endearing to adults however they can become the object of ridicule. The case of James Harries (the child antiques expert) is an extreme example.

Nice side step.
When do you think they should do something, when the child started to take an interest in fashion, put his hands on his hips for the first time etc? and what exactly should they have done?

[caughtredhanded]

He expects the child's parents to be as ignorant as him!
A child of about 10 bringing bullying on himself, jesus christ.

Lets be mature about this, as i've stated bullying is disgusting and cowardly. It doesn't change the fact however that bullying is endemic in our schools and many parents may not be aware that their children are bullies.

It is a fact that many bullies have been the subject of bullying themselves and target the vulnerable in an effort to lessen their self loathing.

To stick out is to invite unwelcome attention from bullies. That is a fact, no matter how distasteful it seems.

I suffered grievously from bullying at school and its affects lived with me for years. I respect your view however I stand by my opinion.

I'm not grabbing your opinion at all.

Don't be who you are, don't be outside certain social guidelines.

Bullies will always be bullies. He is a kid, "a creepy kid" you think but he's a kid.

I don't expect you to agree with me and the 'creepy kid' label may have been flippant however the whole scenario wan't right. I spoke to several people on Saturday who thought it was inappropriate.

[EagleLord]

Quere spiralled out of control that link of mine! Can of worms opened now!

[pintsofguinness]

He expects the child's parents to be as ignorant as him!
A child of about 10 bringing bullying on himself, jesus christ.

Lets be mature about this, as i've stated bullying is disgusting and cowardly. It doesn't change the fact however that bullying is endemic in our schools and many parents may not be aware that their children are bullies.

It is a fact that many bullies have been the subject of bullying themselves and target the vulnerable in an effort to lessen their self loathing.

To stick out is to invite unwelcome attention from bullies. That is a fact, no matter how distasteful it seems.

I suffered grievously from bullying at school and its affects lived with me for years. I respect your view however I stand by my opinion.

I'm not grabbing your opinion at all.

Don't be who you are, don't be outside certain social guidelines.

Bullies will always be bullies. He is a kid, "a creepy kid" you think but he's a kid.

I don't expect you to agree with me and the 'creepy kid' label may have been flippant however the whole scenario wan't right. I spoke to several people on Saturday who thought it was inappropriate.

Thought it was inappropriate!!??
this gets worse - inappropriate how?

[caughtredhanded]

Seriously lads, I didn't like the segment. I thought we were being fed that young fella as a humourous filler and it wasn't right. His parents may be proud of him and rightly so but I'm not convinced he would be taken seriously by many of his peers.

If any of you are inferring that I may have some homophobic aversion to a young chap being interested in fashion and standing with his hands on his hips you are 100% wrong.

[pintsofguinness]

Why dont you answer the questions put to you?

[caughtredhanded]

Why dont you answer the questions put to you?

They have no relevance to the point I made.

[pintsofguinness]

Why dont you answer the questions put to you?

They have no relevance to the point I made.

They were in direct response to the points you made.

[caughtredhanded]

Belatedly I decided to reflect on the thread content this evening. I now feel I got carried away in my defense of the indefensible and wish to apologise unreservedly to my the boy in question, his parents, the producers of the Late late Show and my fellow posters who felt in any way appalled at my line of opinion. I retract any statement and argument I made and wish to state that bullying is neither invited or deserved and is a heinous and cruel act which should be rightly condemned.

I allowed my own life experience to cloud my judgement and hope that my indiscretion will not prejudice my credibility as a poster in the future.

Yours, humbly,
Caughtredhanded