I agree with Tyler and Wet_1.
There is no longer any discipline in the younger generation. They're allowed to do as they like, due in no small part to a very loud minority claiming to be the "silent majority" (dont they all?) who say that disciplining our children is wrong.
Result : a new generation of mouthy, disrespectful, deceitful, little shits who dont know right from wrong. Thats a sweeping generalisation, of course. Forgive me. Here in Perth, Australia, there are increasing numbers of break-ins into the home of elderly residents who cant defend themselves. They get beaten and robbed, and often left for dead. the offenders then get one or two years in jail, and in some cases a suspended sentence (if that) because they were "underage at the time of the incident".
What a load of codswallop. If they WERE taught properly when they were young they might have turned out a little better. Our parents cant discipline their kids, because their kids are likely to sue them (and WIN, which makes it even more comically sad) and the poor teachers have no chance in hell in a court of law if they so much as LOOK at a kid the wrong way, let alone discipline a bully in the schoolyard.
What the hell do people expect? Well turned-out, respectful, law-abiding citizens? When we've TAUGHT these kids that no-one can do a damn thing if they're stopped, and better yet, if someone DOES do something about it they can make a packet of cash out of them in court? Give me a break.
Sorry to hear about your experience Asguard... if I had a choice in the matter the bullies would have been dragged by the ear into the principles office, and taught the error of their ways. Happened to me once or twice in high school I remember.. sure as hell didnt do me any harm and I thought twice about doing it again.
but wait a minute... I can make a packet out of that principle now... now what was his name again, i think I'll sue him... I'm so obviously scarred for life....