Bully

10 year old Sammy Teusch took his own life by asphyxiation in early May. A victim of harassment and bullying, the family had tried to have the problem addressed with the school but nothing seemed to work. Pictures of Sammy show a sweet kid with a mouthful of crooked teeth and horn-rim glasses; a combination which has invited derision as long as I've been alive and undoubtedly well before.

I wept as I watched the video.

Something feels different now. We seem to have invited too much information to flow and provided easier access to intimidate in an era of social media pablum which seems to have dulled our brains.

At 10 I was a hopelessly shy and skinny kid with a secret. Unfortunately it takes time to grow into the self, learn how life works and develop the confidence to disregard the brain dead among us.