Effects of bullying

Today's blog topic asks me to write about bullying and how it affects the individual and society. Bullying can effect the individual not only at that specific time, but also there mind in the future. They could develop a hatred for other people, or a trust issue, or lacking in self-confidence. Bullying on society puts us in a more barbaric state than we already are. I've always wondered why nobody thinks it's weird when an adult commits some kind of act of violence, it doesn't really seem they wanna have a reason why. It's only when a kid does it that people wonder why they did it. When one of the most violent things kids are involved in are sports, which the U.S. and Canada are very concentrated on. Does it show people that physical strength is more important than intelligence or knowledge? It could be something as simple as the first race in kindergarden when the parent is yelling"get the white flag get the white flag!" then, "i got the blue flag" oh well thats ok, or the sports parents at football games are yelling"kill them kill them!"