After a recent thread that I removed from scaledown had some yo-yo trying to psychoanalyze me I had a conversation with a friend who knows somewhat about these things and asked him:

Why do I do it?

Why do I let myself be reduced to these schoolyard tactics?

Why do I feel a compulsion to call out issues and people I feel need called out?

Why can’t I just let it go?

Friend looks at me and asks, “Mark, were you ever bullied as a kid?”

My response; “As a matter of fact, Yeah”

I spent Much of elementary School and a year of high school getting picked on pretty heavily. I remember my father teaching me the lesson that people will take advantage of you as long as you let them and the day you say “NO MORE” is the day you’ll become a man.

I remember standing up to the bullies and turning my life around.

My friend said that my behaviour now was of someone who felt compelled to stand up to bullies because of that background.

I don’t know or much care exactly who the bully in this case is.

Is it these other bloggers themselves?

is it the fact that they exhibit the behaviours of bullies?

Is it their name calling (Edgar, eminence greasie, whatever other names they call people)

Is it their willingness to threaten me by threatening boycotts of my businesses, investigations into health inspections (BTW, we got another 5 star on Friday) that affects my employees or my friends who write on this blog?

Is it their real or perceived associations to the Ambassador Bridge company (failure to criticize or assess any of their actions could be enough to make the association)?

Is it the behaviour of that company is that of a bully?

Is it simply all of the above?

Either way, there must be something to their bullying behaviour as I felt compelled to do what I did in the face of whatever threat I received (real or perceived or whether intended as a threat). I apologize to those readers and writers on Scaledown. I think this probably something that will prevent me from writing as long as these Windsor square bullies are around to comment back. I still feel no remorse or regret for the actual act of standing up to Bullies and calling them out.

The world needs less bullies and more of those who stand up to them.

I’ve removed myself from the site on the bio’s and other places but I don’t know how to get my name off of the “contributors list” cant find it on the admin.

Shutting comments off for this post as the bullies seem have a compulsion for getting the Last word.