http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2008/09/11/pink-day.html
In this article, it talked about how in Nova Scotia, more than 1200 students wore pink to school yesterday to show their support for anit-bullying. The whole thing started last year when a kid in Annapolis Valley was bullied for wearing a pink shirt on his first day of school. Two students saw this happen, and decided to act against it. Since then, more people have decided to wear pink to school on a designated day against bullying. In fact, Nova Scotia premier has made it a provincial day, on the second Thursday of school.
I think this is something that should be happening in more than just the one province. Bullying is something that effects pretty much everyone, and well quite frankly, it's completely unecessary. Being bullied for being different, or in the case of the student, a guy wearing a pink shirt, is stupid. Isn't Canada all about being free? Isn't that all we talk about? That we have free will and free choice. We're a free country and we can do pretty much whatever we want, and yet we still bully people for being different. I think it's something that the government of every province/territory should take a stand against in. It's not fair to be punished for being different. Many people come to Canada from countries trying to escape that, and yet it seems to follow them everywhere they go. That's not fair. Not only to the person in question, but also to the reputation of Canada. Who's to say that a person being bullying from another country will not tell any relitives they may have that everything they've heard about Canada is wrong. That could impact so many people into their decision to come here and they'll start a chain reaction, giving Canada a bad reputation. Do we really want that to be what Canada's known for? Being hypocritical for something that everyone knows us as? I personally don't want that happening. I think if enough people take a stand against it, it will be stopped. It goes with the whole law thing. If enough people want it changed, then it will be changed. Granted it will probably be hard, but whoever said that life was easy. I'd take a stand against it with enough people. I think if people want something to happen, they have to find a way to make it happen. There's no point in saying you wish something would happen if you're not going to do anything about it.
In this article, it talked about how in Nova Scotia, more than 1200 students wore pink to school yesterday to show their support for anit-bullying. The whole thing started last year when a kid in Annapolis Valley was bullied for wearing a pink shirt on his first day of school. Two students saw this happen, and decided to act against it. Since then, more people have decided to wear pink to school on a designated day against bullying. In fact, Nova Scotia premier has made it a provincial day, on the second Thursday of school.
I think this is something that should be happening in more than just the one province. Bullying is something that effects pretty much everyone, and well quite frankly, it's completely unecessary. Being bullied for being different, or in the case of the student, a guy wearing a pink shirt, is stupid. Isn't Canada all about being free? Isn't that all we talk about? That we have free will and free choice. We're a free country and we can do pretty much whatever we want, and yet we still bully people for being different. I think it's something that the government of every province/territory should take a stand against in. It's not fair to be punished for being different. Many people come to Canada from countries trying to escape that, and yet it seems to follow them everywhere they go. That's not fair. Not only to the person in question, but also to the reputation of Canada. Who's to say that a person being bullying from another country will not tell any relitives they may have that everything they've heard about Canada is wrong. That could impact so many people into their decision to come here and they'll start a chain reaction, giving Canada a bad reputation. Do we really want that to be what Canada's known for? Being hypocritical for something that everyone knows us as? I personally don't want that happening. I think if enough people take a stand against it, it will be stopped. It goes with the whole law thing. If enough people want it changed, then it will be changed. Granted it will probably be hard, but whoever said that life was easy. I'd take a stand against it with enough people. I think if people want something to happen, they have to find a way to make it happen. There's no point in saying you wish something would happen if you're not going to do anything about it.
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