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A broken country. Sad to see.

On the other hand, 100% of people would not care about "micro aggression" if people didn't make polls, news articles, or politically-motivated academic essays on the "phenomenon". There is no right to expect everyone in society to talk to us exactly how we wish them to.

@Zichi

There is no requirement to return an asylum seeker to their country of origin. Under the 1951 Refugee Convention Japan is prohibited from refoulement, i.e. sending the refugee back into a state of persecution. No problem sending them to South Korea, I expect they may have passed through South Korean maritime borders anyway.

@The Munya Times: I couldn't comment on your particular example, because I wasn't there. But I would say it sounds like a very common game, which is not bullying at all. The loser gets a punishment, which is normally that the rest of the group get to kick the ball at him. It's fun.

I suppose my point is that it is very difficult to draw the line between bullying and games, and generally it is something that cannot be understood from the outside, hence why bullying is so difficult to stop. Real bullying that leads to a problem is generally subtle, manipulative, relentless, and away from the public eye. The key is ensuring that parents spot when their child is consistently down, and ensure that they have full support in order to overcome it.

Not an easy task, by any means.