On the whole ive probably taken a very pessimistic outlook on these bands i agree ..

The suggestion of anti-bullying charities .. well even if some contributions were made .. which they aint as the bands are free .. once again i feel to see their possible use .. most victims of bullying will never come in contact with a charity to help them out .. I guess that depends somewhat on the level of bullying .. but im sure quite a few of us here had gone through some bullying or knew someone that had .. and most stuck to themselves and didnt look for any help to sort it from a charity .. at best perhaps their parents or maybe a teacher ..

Livestrong bands do require payment, however, even though the anti-bullying bands do not, the awareness that they create may have the same effect, i.e. people donating.

I don't have time to respond directly to all of your points, but I'll say this. Increased awareness will mean that more people will talk about their past experiences (as I've seen happen), because of this, people being bullied will feel that it's not something that they have to hide from people or be ashamed of, in turn letting family members/teachers know about the problem, who can do everything in their power to stop it from happening.

We've all raised valid points, but whereas you're on the pessimistic side of the argument, I'm at the other end of the scale.

I fail to see how such a campaign can have a negative, or, as you're suggesting, no effect on the situation.

well as the bands are free i see little point to them. no offense but i dont think theyre going to achieve alot, due to the points mentioned above.

thats all im saying, im not getting drawn into this discussion big style

imagine a world where geeks can be free at school. fuck that! some of them need to be told

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Originally posted by Technaut imagine a world where geeks can be free at school. fuck that! some of them need to be told

and robbed of their dinner money for skag?

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Originally posted by Ste and robbed of their dinner money for skag?

hell yeah! most geeks get a fair amount for their dinner money too! they clearly dont need it all as most of them are skinny anyway and dont eat much

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Originally posted by dj_cuba Cru54d3r makes a good point. Showing that you are anti-bullying by wearing a wristband will achieve very little. A bully isn't going to stop bullying because someone somewhere is wearing a fashion item which says what 90% of the population already know and agree with. It would be much better to give your money to anti-bullying charities who will spend the money on action.

i think it's that not that wearing the band will stop bullying, but that someone being bullied will see how many people are wearing the band, and actually see for themslves (in a silent way that no one else needs to know about) in reality how many people are concerned about it.

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Alot of bullies do it because they think it is "cool" to bully. So if the bully sees that favourite footballer (Thiery Henry has one for example) or pop star is wearing the bands that stand against what they are doing, then it has the chance to make the bully realise that it isnt "cool" and stop.

Plus they raise awareness towards the problem so they may not directly prevent bullying but more people will know how to spot it or give the person who is bullied more confidence to do something about it.

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order one regardless, sell it to people in the states on ebay.

Cru54d3r is right...The bands are purely fashion accessories...I could possibly see the point if you had to pay for them and the money went to a charity or whatever...But they are free and are being "advertised" by using big celebrities/footballers names which is simply making them seem "cool" to be seen in rather than their "real" purpose...This is such a typical English thing and people just eat it up...I lose more and more respect for my country each day!

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Originally posted by RubiK Cube Alot of bullies do it because they think it is "cool" to bully. So if the bully sees that favourite footballer (Thiery Henry has one for example) or pop star is wearing the bands that stand against what they are doing, then it has the chance to make the bully realise that it isnt "cool" and stop.

The average English dobber scum isn't anywhere near intelligent enough to realise this...They're actually wearing the bands themselves...They go well with their tracksuits!!!

i saw a try-hard on the bus on friday, he was wearing both bands.

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