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marvin
on Feb 26, 2013
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Bullying has to stop, now.
Yes - one of the central tenets of the rule of law is that the state has monopoly on violence, which is enforced by the police and the courts.
polymatter
on Feb 26, 2013
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But in school thats not true. The bully has the monopoly on violence, which is enforced by actually committing said violence.
seabee
on Feb 26, 2013
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The bully has a
de facto
monopoly because no higher power is willing to exercise theirs.
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