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Absolutely Fabulous.

HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,838
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The internet is criticised in many ways, but it is also great in some ways.

This is a story about a 9 year old boy that suffers from dwarfism that was getting bullied so badly he wanted to kill himself.
The clip has had 19 million views, raised over 200k, got support from Hugh Jackman, and his local team that he will be leading out on the weekend.
That is the great bit of the internet.
Absolutely fabulous.

Quaden Bayles: Australian boy in bullying video receives global support



People around the world have rallied behind a nine-year-old Australian boy after a video of his deep distress over being bullied went viral.
Yarraka Bayle posted the clip of her son, Quaden, crying after he was targeted at school for his dwarfism.
"This is what bullying does," she says in the video, in which her son also says he wants to end his life.
The clip, viewed over 14 million times, has triggered an outpouring of support and #WeStandWithQuaden messages.
Celebrities including actor Hugh Jackman and basketball player Enes Kanter have spoken out, while parents in other countries have shared video messages from their children.
Jackman told Quaden "you are stronger than you know, mate" and called on everyone to "be kind".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-51582696

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgCjJmdYNIE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fvFiH-Aun4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=056crFmZ49Y
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  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 169,599
    edited February 2020
    The world is both cruel & kind.

    Some story, that.

    What sort of person would bully the lad?
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  • lucy4lucy4 Member Posts: 7,933
    Sums up today's society that it takes an internet post for the bullying to be exposed and acted upon.Serious questions should be asked of the school,authorities etc as to their actions/response as no doubt the parent had informed the school as to what was happening,obviously nothing was done to combat/prevent the situation from continuing.As per usual in these type of cases action only happens when the school/organisation is shown in a 'bad light',when if the situation had been acted upon sooner,the victim would've received the help that was needed sooner.
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  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,838
    Tikay10 said:

    The world is both cruel & kind.

    Some story, that.

    What sort of person would bully the lad?

    I suppose the question is, by how many do the cruel outnumber the kind?
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  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 169,599
    edited February 2020
    I don't think they do, the vast majority are kind & caring.

    But negativity & cruelty makes news, positivity & kindness does not.
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  • stokefcstokefc Member Posts: 7,830
    edited February 2020
    Tikay10 said:


    I don't think they do, the vast majority are kind & caring.

    But negativity & cruelty makes news, positivity & kindness does not.

    y
    totally agree with this
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  • tai-gartai-gar Member Posts: 2,688
    stokefc said:

    Tikay10 said:


    I don't think they do, the vast majority are kind & caring.

    But negativity & cruelty makes news, positivity & kindness does not.

    y
    totally agree with this
    I totally agree as well.

    I hope for the sake of humanity that it definitely is the case.
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  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,838
    Tikay10 said:

    I don't think they do, the vast majority are kind & caring.

    But negativity & cruelty makes news, positivity & kindness does not.

    Maybe it just seems like they do sometimes.
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  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 169,599
    edited February 2020
    This is lovely. The story takes a nice twist.



    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-51599121




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  • lucy4lucy4 Member Posts: 7,933
    Tikay10 said:

    This is lovely. The story takes a nice twist.



    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-51599121




    image

    So I hope this puts an end to all the 'social media' posts that the story was a scam by a 19 year old actor. Again this shows the type of society that we live in today.
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  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,838
    Tikay10 said:

    I don't think they do, the vast majority are kind & caring.

    But negativity & cruelty makes news, positivity & kindness does not.

    Quaden Bayles' family turns down £350,000 raised for Disneyland trip and ask for it to go to charity instead

    https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/quaden-bayles-family-turns-down-£350000-raised-for-disneyland-trip-and-ask-for-it-to-go-to-charity-instead/ar-BB10sAXC?ocid=spartandhp
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  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 169,599

    Story just gets better & better.
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  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,838
    Tikay10 said:


    Story just gets better & better.

    Brilliant gesture.
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