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I want to take this back to the comment Sundae made initially, and with which I agreed: it's a question of proportionate or disproportionate force.
Had the bigger lad thrown a punch, chances are we would not be having this conversatiion. If he'd given him a hard shove, we probably wouldn't be having this conversation. Either of those responses, given the disparity in size and strength, would have shocked, possibly hurt, the bully and given a clear message that this kid isn;t for bullying.
He didn't 'hit back'. He picked the other kid up, turned him over and slammed him bodily onto the ground. He basically pulled a WWF move on another kid. Only, in WWF they are landing on sprung surfaces. That is either entirely over the top as a response, or shows a serious misunderstanding of staged -v- actual violence. It also possibly shows a either a lack of awareness of his own strength, or a lack of awareness of the potential for his actions to cause harm.
None of which makes me think the lad should be in trouble for acting the way he did. But it does suggest some important lessons he could do with learning fairly soon.
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