You're somewhat right. People should stand for themselves and fight back for respect. However, some kids are unable to do so, and break down and some recur to self-harm even suicide. The protection against bullying is for those kids who need help to defend themselves.

I do agree the attention should be directed to the bullies, those people seriously are the ones who need the major help 'cause their attitude is going to ruin their lives.

I think that kids nowadays need learn how to defend themselves. They need to take some self- defense classes and learn when to fight and when not to fight in certain situations when it comes to bullies because I think that is the reason why there are so many suicides some don't know how to defend themselves. If a bully comes at you, you the right to defend yourself by fighting back showing them to not mess with me. They always prey on the weak. I also don't agree with the school system suspended the victim and say "it doesn't matter who started the fight" It does matter who started it.

Agree

I am still surprised that not one person ever brings up Darwinism in these topics, since I feel like people who feel kids are too sensitive would strongly believe in that theory.

More on topic, though: Not everyone has the desire to hurt the people who hurt them. They simply wish it would stop, and would rather not have to use physical force to get to that point. There are others who feel they are too physically incapable, or simply those who feel they would get in trouble if they did something about it. I think that's why a lot of kids are so sensitive about non-cyber bullying.

Also, I think it would be a shame if a kid had to make multiple Facebook, Twitter, etc. accounts just to avoid someone (what if this bully is more persistent than 1 block?) Also, I have been cyberstalked before...it ain't cute.

To make things short: I personally do not believe they are being too sensitive. Maybe it's the other way around - people were too tough on kids before this "bullying awareness" stuff happened. It's quite barbaric to see people think that physical violence should be the go-to method to get rid of bullies.