I think it's dumb cause people pushing you around aren't going to stop, just cause society tells them to. I'm quite sure they haven't stopped in American schools in the past 10 or 20 years.

And it seems in the past, kids were taught to fight back either violently or non-violently.

And, finally, some kids are asking to be bullied, because they are very whiny.  Why should society accept whining?