Personally, I think the "bullying" bit is a bit over the top. I have had my fair share of being "teased"( that's what my teachers used to call it) at school, they only wanted to know if you were bloodied or bruised, which thankfully never happened to me, but there were times where I dreaded going to school, because people weren't being very nice to me. Like I say, teachers were no help and in my eyes actively encouraged it, especially in games lessons, choosing the most sporty/popular children as team captains and allowing them to choose their own teams, thus allowing them to choose their personal friends, most sporty and turning a blind eye to the cruel comments they made to the kiddies left at the end "I suppose I'll have to have Scabby/smelly/fleabag etc". Any child who approached a teacher upset and/or in tears was told not to tell tales, not to be a crybaby...charming. Thankfully, my secondary school was not like this at all, the teachers were fierce, and we were there to learn, and boy did we know that! Anyway, enough of that and on to this. Unfavourable comments on here about presenters, sometimes I think they can be unneccesarily cruel, but are not comparable to the life of someone who is suffering from bullying in the home/workplace, which can have a profoundly negative effect on one's day to day existence. Public eye, or no public eye, comments can still be hurtful, and I'll try not to do that myself, if I feel a comment is a bit strong, I'll say so....but I wouldn't go so far as to accuse that person of being a bully...they're not.
What I do think though is perhaps as posters on here, we should concentrate on the way we speak to our fellow posters, not upon a few comments made about presenters who may, or may not read this forum. We don't have to agree with one another every time to make this a good forum, but it can be quite unpleasant when the posters start fighting amongst themselves!
