I think for every boy named Sue there are probably a hundred that don't make the grade but I take your point, robomatic. I think the key point is in your line One has to learn to stand up for oneself without becoming the same as one's schoolyard oppressors. - A far cry from the earlier suggestion of punching them on the nose! Maybe this IS what we need to do. Education for both the oppressors AND the oppressed? How would we go about this? An interesting concept certainly and I could see it working in some cases. I think 'horses for courses' may be the right attitude, adding further fuel against the people who think they can legislate for all eventualities?

Some good stuff going on here!

Cheers

DeG