It's important to teach children that every
great dream begins with a dreamer and to
maintain their passion in life.

Better to maintain passion than to die of
boredom. (smile).

BTW - Just to show that my passion isn't
waning - not even close.

Perhaps this form of greeting might go over
better. Instead of just saying - Dear Paul,
or Good Morning Paul or Hi Paul - for variety's
sake - how about I try -

Bonjour Paul, Hola, Hallo/Guten Tag, Ciao, Ola,
Namaste, Salaam, Zdravstvuyte, Nin hao or
Konnichiwa - to mix things up a bit?

There you go - better?

Dia Dhuit a Téisiúil, conas ta tu?

What do the children do when the bully belts them one in the mouth?

Is Mise,

Firstly, the headline says: "Violence is not OK", as if violence is not O.K. You then say in the link:

"Golden Rule, if in immediate fear of one's life, kill." So violence is O.K in your opinion?

Double standards? Yes. End of story!

Is Mise,

Gaelic Irish.

I'll take it.

As for your question - what do the children do when
the bully belts them one in the mouth?

What sort of school did you go to?

Foxy,

I went to a Marist school, bullying was frowned upon but I was still bullied by two of the bigger boys, biding my time I caught them when alone and exacted retribution, end of problem.

In my first job, I was bullied by a smaller person and I would not fight him, this went on (I was considered a coward) until he hit me, then I announced to the assembled onlookers "He threw the first punch" and then belted him until the crimson flowed; end of problem.

I should add that my father was an accomplished boxer and that his brother had fought professionally and both had trained me.