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I’m so gutted that the person I bullied in school

Has written a piece about it in our local paper, he doesn’t say my name but it could really ruin things for me. Do you think I can get the piece removed?
DeluxedEdition · 26-30, F
There are consequences to all of the actions we take whether they come sooner or later and whether it be good or bad. If anyone asks you if it was you just deny it. And always make an effort to be more kind to people. You never know what people are going through at home.
Strongtea · 22-25, M
Yes I suppose you’re right.@DeluxedEdition
Lukeman · M
Why on earth would you want it removed? He had the decency to omit your name. It seems to me you could offer him an apology. I would be interested to know the details about the piece. You could post it for us and remove the details which reveal your identity. Then we could comment on that since you want to change.
Lukeman · M
@Strongtea Think of it as a blessing that he survived and wants to help others. Never deny it was you. You might want to publish your own piece so others will know you are sorry for what you did.
Strongtea · 22-25, M
Ok, yes you’re right. I do want to do that and I have started to speak in schools about my experiences. I suppose I’m just worried about our families’ name at the mo.@Lukeman
Lukeman · M
@Strongtea You have started to speak in schools. This is fabulous. Now is your chance to publish a piece in response to his. Then you could post both of them for us to read.
AlchemyFox · 36-40, F
[c=BF0080]you hurt him, he omitted your name, leave him alone finally [/c]
Sepia · 36-40, F
That is the price of bullying him. You’ll be smack out on papers. You want to control it by had it taken off? No you can never undo the damages when you bullied him. This is a lesson. Be brave and accept it. Good luck. Next time never bully anyone. You’ll never know what the other can do to you.
Strongtea · 22-25, M
You are right, it just hurts seeing it.@Sepia
It's unlikely that others would identify you from the article unless they went to the same school at the same time and witnessed who the bully was. In that case, they've always known and the newspaper article makes no difference.
An article can be removed from a website, but can't be unprinted from a newspaper.
I think your best move would be to write privately to the person you bullied and apologize for the hurt you caused then and any outcomes it still has now.
leeloh · F
Why did you bully them?
They're with trauma now for the rest of their lives and they decided to talk about it in the paper.
The least you could do is offer a late late apology
Strongtea · 22-25, M
It’s really hard to say why I bullied him, maybe I didn’t think he’d ever stand up to me (he did eventually) I suppose I should apologise but I’m really scared to.@leeloh
leeloh · F
@Strongtea apologize.
Strongtea · 22-25, M
He basically pushed me in a gross pond one day when he saw me standing near it, I’m scared of what he might do (he trained hard and got way bigger than me.) I’ll try to apologise though.@leeloh
smiler2012 · 56-60
{@strongtea] as a person who was bullied at school i cannot have much sympathy . this sounds like you still bear the scar of the shame of what you did and rightly so
Strongtea · 22-25, M
Yes I’m ashamed of it, he also retaliated in the end and it was really horrible for me.@smiler2012
If it doesn't say your name then why would it effect you?

 
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