Wearing pink!! Who the heck picked out pink!?

Funny story - I had to give this important fellow a ride and he was a friendly dude. Well he starts talking about his place in Scotland, his albums and his cars. He mentions he has an old restored Caddy and he painted it pink. I was startled that someone would paint a vintage car that colour and told him so. He laughed it off and was as friendly anymore.

I found out later that talking pink was an international pickup line for homosexuals. The guy was gay and trying to pick me up! But I wasn't worldly enough to have a clue as to why this guy was slipping pink into the conversation. Creepy.

Although I generally tend not to comment on stories this one has warranted my comments….

As I read the only post so far to what is an amazing story about preventing bullying in schools. As a person who was bullied in school this is an important cause and am glad to see the overwhelming support to this initiative. People need to uncover the facts before making stupid statements such as “Who thought of pink”…well if you researched the story before making comments about the color you will find that it this event started last year in Nova Scotia based on a Grade 9 student who wore a golf shirt that was pink to school and was bullied about the color of the of the shirt. If it wasn’t for 2 grade 12 students coming to his rescue I can only imagine the tragic outcome….

These 2 students then went out and purchased 100 pink shirts to be handed out to the students of the high school to show support and bring awareness to school bullying. From there this has given a nation wide support of bullying in schools today and why people are encouraged to wear pink today.

YamaDooPolCat stories makes no sense to the issue and quite frankly is the dumbest thing I have read today and well considering the lack of intelligence most people have about issues relating to bullying or other important events that deserve attention I am not shocked that you didn’t figure it out…mind you there isn’t anything to figure out as that talking about pink isn’t a pick up line….

Ohh I shake my head at some people!!

Poor Yamaman, first he misses out on sex, now he's being bullied for his comments.

Sparky's story is true, although a little overplayed.

I'll be wearing pink today, although I don't intend to pick up on the Yamaman (or should I say "pinkie").

;-)

Thought I'd chime in on this. As someone who was both bullied and a bully growing up, I don't feel that this issue is ever going to totally resolved. Let's get serious for a second. Think about it. From the dawn of time bullying has been happening. It's man kinds way of saying, "I'm better and more superior to you"

What really needs to be discussed is the certain "levels" of bullying. When I bullied younger kids growing up it was nothing more than a little push or a "hey loser" and that was all. I never tormented or kicked the living daylights out of someone on a daily basis. In turn, I was bullied as well when I was a young lad. It's kids being kids. They are always going to make fun of each other for what they wear or what they do.

As a grown adult now, I don't agree with bullying or harrasment by any means. What I do believe in though, is simply sticking up for yourself. Don't start any problems, but if someone is constantly picking on you, stand up and fight for you self. I did when I got picked on and guess what, they didn't bother me anymore because they knew I wouldn't stand for it. Bully's thrive on the weak and they will continue to bully until the person says " no more". Plain and simple. Teach your kids to have some self respect and not to take crap from anyone. Don't teach them to fink or "rat out" people as this just adds to the problem. Just my thoughts, critisize away if you want.

I saw the "Great Gordo" on the tube the other night talking pink. He was announcing that everyone should wear pink in support of no bullying. Good cause, but according to Yama I would have to be very suspicious about Gordo's sexual preferences.

I dont get this pink thing at all. The way i see it it is just more feel good nonsense that isnt going to solve anything. What i find even more surprising is the wide eyed astonishment on the faces of adults when they hear that yes, kids are being bullied. I am sure i am not the only person to go to school in the 60's and 70's. Bullying was a fact of life in those days. We all received our share (some more than our share) and most of us gave our share when we could get away with it. So why are these adults surprised to hear about it now!
I dont like bullying, i never did. I dont have to wear pink to show my support as surely everyone supports the idea of reducing or eliminating bullying at schools. Doing something about it is a little harder. I also dont know that making a big issue out of every bullying incident is the right idea. So amny of the bullying incidents one hears of these days (llike being picked on for your shirt color) are minor compared to everyday occurrences at my old schools. We got beat up, insulted and intimidated sometimes. While i dont condone these things, especially when the are targeted at the same person over and over, i do think they were part of making us tougher. When i see people crying over the little indignities in life i worry that we are overprotecting.
My own kids are bullied at their school from time to time. The incidents are minor in nature and I tell my kids to live with it and get over it, it is no big deal. While i dont encourage them to tattle on bullies over little things i do tell them to tell on people who cross the line, causing people or property serious harm. I think it is a question of degree here, and there is a danger of trying to go too far.
I also recognise that times have changed and that the severity of violence has gone up drastically. We never ganged up in a fight or tried to kill or maim each other in our disputes. Nor did we stalk people at their homes, etc. Girls did not attakc or swarm each other. The increase of violence (rooted in cowardice) is what worries me as a father. Where does it come from?
It is interesting to note that the lead bullies at my kids' school are 'leadership club' students who will no doubt wear pink on anti bullying day. I suppose that is my point. I wish parents and others would do more to bully proof their kids and to prevent their kids from becoming bullies. I think this might work better than feel good events like anti bullying day. We are all aware that bullying goes on (at least we should be, having gone though school ourselves at some time), we dont need a political event to enlighten us.

SO go ahead sparky, call me dumb too!

sparky77 "..Ohh I shake my head at some people!!.."

Priceless! Homer would have started off with, Doat!

Anyway thanks for filling me in on the pink thing. As usual I'm too busy to keep up on the latest stuff. The last time someone started talking pink, it should have started a fistfight.

I don't agree with wearing pink in this case. Here's what I see.

Those bullies (kids) that reacted to another kid wearing pink were a lot younger than me. I was big enough to get away with a weird conversation about Pink Cadillac’s. Clearly those bullies (kids) had a much more traumatic exposure to the pink culture. By wearing pink you are supporting and endorsing some low life that is laugh his head off over screwing with those kids, and also getting lots of barn wagon jumpers to wear pink and support what some low life set in motion.

Don't wear pink, unless you support whatever was done to make those bullies (kids) crazy.

People should think about this stuff a little more. You could be endorsing something worse than just a bully.

I had to wear pink once. Threw some new red towells in with the whites. Underwear was pink for a long time. But I din't tell anyone. If you are a bully wearing blue, will the pinkys beat you up? Jest wunderin'.

I think Caranmacil had the best quote,

"The increase of violence (rooted in cowardice) is what worries me."

I'll second that opinion. I think it all comes back to self respect, which is the real antidote to bullyism.

I think the pink shirt day is code for anti-homosexual phobia awareness, but made to be an anti-bully (generic) endeavour so as to make it politically acceptable for this to be made into an event involving all students regardless of religious or political upbringing.

I don't support the homosexual lifestyle of sodomy as something that is acceptable to be taught as an issue of tolerance to young impressionable students coming of age, so I wouldn't support the pink shirt day.

Posted by: Eagleone on February 28 2008 3:13 AM

"I don't support the homosexual lifestyle of sodomy"

But perhaps you support other homosexual lifestyle endeavors. That's he Spirit, break out those Pinks you've been stashing.

Bell,Bond,and Rustad in pink!
Now THAT is scary! ( but not suprising)

Are they all baseball players?

Maybe eagle1 just wants to ride around in a pink caddy with the yamaman. He really just needed to be held.

;-)

One of things that really bothers me is the level of violence among kids today.
Girls AND guys!
When I was that age,sure there were fights, but never was the level of violence like we are seeing now!
Swarmings were unheard of, stabbings,handguns,and we never ever heard of girls running in gangs and beating people up!
Or worse!
Look on the internet at the number of fight clips by both girls and guys?
Hello?
What IS that?
But this isn't just bullying,it is far beyond that.
It is violence simply for the sake of violence, and we really need to figure out what is happening.
We also need to treat it as if it were a criminal offense instead of the usual slap on the hand.
It does seem that there are some judges starting to hit them where it hurts lately,but it's long over due.
What gives with so many kids today?
What went wrong and why is our society tolerating it?
I had a teenager from the local high school tell me recently that kids are under a constant threat of violence from different groups everyday at school, and it carries over to the weekends as well.
I asked why,and he said because that's "just the way it is"!
Now that is just plain sick!
So what kind of adults will these kids become?
How will they raise their own kids in the future?

I wore a pink shirt yesterday and on my way home a group of kids bullied me. When I inquired why they were doing it they said, "No reason. We just like irony!"

Buh dump bump!

Sorry I just had to make a joke. And yes, I did wear pink yesterday. The ladies said it was a dusty rose, but I thought it was pink.