Well, Duh….

The headline in the Eugene Register-Guard* print edition on March 5 reads: Bullying persists despite state laws The article opens with: Despite Oregon’s eight-year-old anti-bullying law, about one-third of Oregon teens report having been harassed according to a review released Wednesday by a coalition pushing to strengthen the law. Did the writer really expect that a piece of legislation would eliminate bullying? Glancing around I notice theft, fraud, murder, speeding, and so on, are still pretty rampant despite endless rounds of legislation. Some in the Oregon legislature (see HB 2599) seem to think that since the current law hasn’t worked...