15-year-old Syrian refugee and sister bullied and assaulted by classmates in horrifying video

[madison999]

Right, right.

Syrian refugees can’t handle a little bullying and one tries to commit suicide over it.

So ridiculous it’s almost funny. Almost.

[thelogo]

Originally Posted by saltine

So, were they beat or just ridiculed? Im not clicking yahoo.

Why don't you click yahoo?

[1AngryTaxPayer]

Originally Posted by boxus

Lol, no moral defect at all, it is just this is as common as the common cold, yet for some reason this got international news. I was sliced with a knife in middle school, by a few bullies, yet not even the local paper, and millions of incidents that happen every year all around the world never are in the news, because they are just not news worthy.

Maybe someone getting a parking ticket should be international news?

I have a permanent scar from a sucker punch that put my teeth through my lip. Fights were just a common thing as a boy growing up. Girls too.

Did it hurt? Ya. I got even. I survived just fine too.

[Mathguy]

Originally Posted by bmccormick71

The kid already had a broken arm, which probably limited his ability to fight back.

Still, if you can watch a video of one boy being beaten up by several others, and conclude that it's his fault for not fighting back, or that other people have it worse, you have a major moral defect.

I guess that my moral defect is recognizing that this crap happens all the time but will only get to national news if the races etc. make for ratings.

Hell, I had a freakin' black serial killer stalking older white guys here in Kansas City near my areas of travel....killed 4-5....ever hear of that one? (Of course you didn't)

Well I'm sure you heard about the racist white POS lady yelling crap at her neighbors in an apartment building...that made national news after all.

The desire to promote mostly white vs. minority racial incidents has itself taken on racist tones. (Or political if you will).

I'd hoped we'd reached the point in this country where we stopped with such racist reporting.

If someone commits a crime or is racist, trying to extrapolate their race or gender etc. onto it is frankly despicable.