Get The Puck Outta Here

When I was a kid, it was the hockey guys that acted as the UN. Few people had a difficult time with us except the bullies. Hockey guys love a good one on one, but bullying, no way did we stand for someone pushing their weight around on smaller or disadvantaged kids. Ask Gretzky on that one. Bullies were targets for us hockey guys, especially those that fancied themselves as enforcers. We hockey players saw bullies as an opportunity to become involved in the judicial process, to be part of the decisionmaking. There was a sense of honour amongst us, maybe even respect. We would throw 'em with each other, but never on another kid that had no chance. And if you wanted to jaw, you'd get sorted too. We never saw the fun in making someone cry, but we'd score goals on you until you did. And sure, we'd tease someone who got a sponge in the nads, but when you're in that much pain what's another shot?

The shooting of a grade 8 student, a kid from Florida, is truly a sad story we thankfully do not hear about in Canada. This kid was bullied. He hated life. He wanted to die. I wish the cops would have just gassed him when he ran into the washroom, but they pushed it to the conclusion that is so common with the 'Merkins.

I wish the kid coulda played hockey, or knew a kid who did... His name was Christopher Penley.

Isn't it time for the BULLYCAM, some kinda show that exposes bullies and their spineless and shallow behavior?