During a game of laser tag, one kid went out of his way to target Justin repeatedly.
Sources say that Bieber became frustrated when the kid cornered him and wouldn't stop shooting and when Bieber told him, "That's enough". The aggressive kid responded with multiple taunts and repeatedly calling Justin a "f****t". Justin did not hit him, but pushed him away and left. Law enforcement says it was the boy's father, who is a lawyer, who filed the complaint hours later. Claiming that Justin had hit the aggressive kid. The police investigation is ongoing, but sources say police already know the fault does not lie with Bieber.
Personallyy, I'm not a fan of Mr. Bieber. I think his music is kind of overrated. (Please don't kill me Bieber fans!) But no one deserves to be called names and bullied. The aggressive kid must think he's pretty-darn-cool picking on Justin and calling him "the f word", to me that shows complete immaturity. People that are bullies are people who have the lowest self-esteem and attempt to heighten it by putting others' self esteem down. To me, the whole idea of it is utterly pathetic. What kind of good lawyer or father would defend their son who might-have-been-hit because he was really asking for it? I'm sure there are plenty of law suit cases that are similar to this. Even simply at school, bullies get their butts-kicked and go cry to the principal. Of course, I don't believe in "an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth" but seriously, if you bully someone and get hit or beaten up, you got what you asked for. Don't go around crying about it. If Justin did hit the kid, I wouldn't blame him. The kid flat-out deserved it.
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I agree, but I think the kid should have gotten more than just a push. I find it really funny that the dad tries to take action legally, like he's trying to find "justice" in this whole situation when his kid is morally indecent and just straight-up a terrible kid. I believe that if people are going to be aggressive to others and they create situations that can't be resolved with just words, then violence is the answer. I think this kid is really lucky that he's still a kid; his dad won't be able to help him when he's an adult.
Justin Bieber isn't that cool either.
First of all , its just plain sad that stuff like this makes national news, i cry a little inside whenever news about something so trivial comes out. But anyways i put most of the fault on the father of the boy, seeing as he was the one who most likely filed the complaint in order to achieve some sliver of national attention. Yes, the kid would have been right to get punched or pushed by Justin Bieber and its a shame that he wasn't, yet its plain pitiful what some people will do for attention nowadays.
Bieber is a fellow canadian so i cant dislike him too much
I'm not a fan of Bieber either. But I'm a fan of people getting what they deserve, especially when they REALLY ask for it. And this kid really asked for it. Bieber definitely has the right to push an aggressive kid that is in his face and taunting him. I hope that kid grows up; and good luck to the dad with that bogus lawsuit. Either this guy has some mixed up morals or he really needs some money. I don't have a clue about how he plans to win, especially with the police saying Bieber isn't at fault. Instead of suing, that father needs to teach his kid to respect others.
Although Bieber's attacker may have used unnecessarily harsh provoking tactics to incite Bieber, I don't think that such behavior would warrant aggressive behavior on the part of Bieber. Anybody who believes that insults should be responded with acts of violence really need to check the logic behind their thinking. As Gandhi said, "[a]n eye for an eye makes the whole world blind".
I totally agree with you Nicole! First of all...Biber fever or not...stripped of his position or popularity...he is just another teen like us and doesn't deserve to be bullied. I agree with the fact that bullies are just low-life self-esteem-issue individuals who pride themselves at hurting others since they are not emotionally stable and happy....ugh...how annoying...i HATE bullies!
The term "f****t" is, unfortunately, used as an insult. It is not that commonplace, as it is considered a harsh insult. However, it is still used by many kids to insult one another, not simply because someone is a homosexual, but just as another insult that unfortunately, has become just another swear word. I'm slightly confused, though. Do we know for sure that this bully knew it was Justin Bieber he was targeting? He could have just been angered that another kid in Laser Tag was ruining his supposed fun. If any of you have been to laser tag, you know that it's quite dark, and that nobody can recognize anybody else. Furthermore, there are always those annoying kids that follow you and continue to tag you (argh i hate those kids). What it appears to be, is that this insult was not directed at a kid he knew to be Justin Bieber, but rather just a person he thought was an average kid in the laser tag arena. Unfair, yes. Because he was Justin Bieber, no. This was not a direct insult to Justin Bieber though because and therefore I don't know if I'd consider this "Homophobic Bullying." (many call him a f****t b/c of his high voice)
In regards to the dad, I think he just took advantage of the opportunity, knowing that his kid had been "hurt" by Justin Bieber. That's the only reason this story has really reached us today. It goes back to our unSpun novel... people use the media as a way to channel unnecessary and sometimes pointless stories to seem important (when they really are not...like this dad).
I'm not sure I would consider this homophobic bullying either, but it is indeed an issue of bullying. Conor made an excellent point about spin being included in this whole issue, and I'd like to point out also that this just made the news because its Justin Bieber, and that there are many more acts of bullying committed in the U.S. or any other country. However, a father trying to take legal action against the taunting child is, needless to say, completely overdone. I would think that just a talk with the two teens and both parents would be a more effective solution, and it would probably help the two respect one another in a better way instead of just escalating the boy's annoyance toward Justin. And by the way, this is LASER TAG. Nothing is actually hitting Justin except light, and targeting someone specifically in a game is what you do sometimes. It happens in all sorts of games like Monopoly and Halo, and unless the boy was up to Justin's face in a corner, I don't see why Justn didn't just walk away earlier.
It makes me sad to see and hear when bullies lash out against vulnerable kids and teens. This especially makes me angry because I feel that the father of the aggresive kid is just trying to get attention out of a small problem that could have been easily fixed, without the interference of the media. I'm not the biggest fan of Justin Bieber, but I support his action when he hit the kid because the kid asked for it by calling Justin the f-word.
I just wrote a longish stream of consciousness post about Beiber, bullying and purple shirt Wednesday that I might post in a separate message, but I think this is really all I want to say:
This upcoming weekend is my 20 year HS reunion (a small boys-only very athletic school I attended from 6th-12th grade). I had several really great friends for much of HS, guys who weren't especially enlightened in the 1980s but totally get it and would be psyched to see me. I'm not going.
Why not? Partially because I fear how a bad look or snide comment from one of my other classmates who totally _didn't_ get it would make me feel. I might make a gigantic scene, and there's nothing worse than ruining someone's party with your minority issues and politics. I'm being a coward and a cynic but I'd rather miss a cool party with a bunch of neat people than risk dealing with the unpleasant few at the scene of the crime.
The most relevant anecdote I can think to share comes from my senior year, when I summoned up the bravery to respond to a certain guy's homophobic rantings by wondering aloud what these weak and pathetic gay people had done to cause him so much anguish. At the time, I passed for straight, and it was very important to me that I continue to do so.
His response: "What do you care about homos? You must be a faggot." I'm sure I responded with some language about how completely disgusting gay people were, as a way of distancing myself from my own tentative foray into tolerance. Needless to say, I very much appreciate and respect straight teens sticking up for their gay peers when we all know what that comes with.
So, I'm not going to risk running into that unpleasant fellow or his kin, even though I'm pretty certain they'd be civil and that my straight buddies would no longer stand for such nonsense. It just isn't worth it to me to find out.
I don't think of the bullies as subhuman scum -- mostly, they were playing a role taught by others, and I forgive them for it. But I'm not going. I'd much rather spend a day at Aragon, wearing purple, or whatever I think to put on in my groggy happy morning.
Despite the fact that I don't like his music, I believe that Justin handled this situation admirably. Instead of using violence to retort to the kid bullying him, he did the right thing by simply getting out of the way. Had Justin decided to physically hurt the kid provoking him, he probably would be making a terrible decision. The thing that really bothers me is that the bully's father is actually helping his own son rather than punishing him. A bully should not be helped. Letting a bully off the hook and aiding him would be comparable to the appeasement given to Nazi Germany prior to World War II; one led to further aggression and the other would probably have the same effect.
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