On Being Offensive
“Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never harm me.”
According to Wikipedia, "Sticks and Stones" is an English language children's rhyme from the 1800s. The rhyme persuades the child victim of name-calling to ignore the taunt, to refrain from physical retaliation, and to remain calm and good-living.
Children and adults were tough in those days, and also for so long as this rhyme remained popular.
Today we seem to have lost our resilience. We’ve started to call any insensitive thing a case of bullying.
For God’s sake, let’s harden up.
According to Wikipedia, "Sticks and Stones" is an English language children's rhyme from the 1800s. The rhyme persuades the child victim of name-calling to ignore the taunt, to refrain from physical retaliation, and to remain calm and good-living.
Children and adults were tough in those days, and also for so long as this rhyme remained popular.
Today we seem to have lost our resilience. We’ve started to call any insensitive thing a case of bullying.
For God’s sake, let’s harden up.
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