Preach it, Brother! Preach it!

“Porterville, California mayor, Cameron Hamilton’s comments during a recent city council meeting caused major outrage. As reported by KFSN ABC 30, while the Porterville City Council was discussing a proposed anti-bullying ‘Safe Zone,’ Hamilton voiced his controversial opinion. ‘I'm against bullying, but I'm getting damn tired of it being used as a mantra for everything, and the ills of the world. When all most people just have to grow a pair, and stick up for them damn selves,’ said the Mayor Hamilton. Councilwoman Virginia Gurrola, who supported the effort quickly responded, ‘It is hard to stand up and grow a pair when you're maybe a 10- year-old little girl.’ Sticking to his position, Hamilton said, ‘Then maybe the other 10-year-olds that think that they want to stop bullying will stand up for her, instead of a safe zone with a placard and a bunch of training that goes on.’"

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/oddnews/california-mayor-sparks-controversy-by-telling-bullying-victims-to-%E2%80%98grow-a-pair%E2%80%99-172657192.html

“Safe Zone?” Nya-nya! You can’t bully me, ‘cause I’m in the Safe Zone. And if you do bully me, the city will send you to training.

(When I was a kid … Yeah, yeah. We’ve heard the stories. You were bullied, but you turned out OK. … Relatively. But if I had a time machine, I would go back and pack a hammer handle in my jeans and beat the shit out of a couple of high school guys.)