To be fair, the things I got bullied for in school turned out to make me a successful and relatively popular person as an adult. It is not strictly people exhibiting poor behavior who get bullied, it's anyone who doesn't fit the mold. And there are also bullies who are unreasonable. Yet even understanding this and as a "victim" (though I hesitate to use that word) of bullying i don't hold any angst about it and that allows me to see the possible merits of it. Merits that have become clear as the world goes to hell