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Review on the documentary BULLY

"They push me so far that I want to become the bully."  This is what Alex Libby, one of the stars of the documentary "The Bully Project" says. That isn't even one of the most heart-breaking things the then 12-year-old says in the film. The parents of another student, Alex Long, start out the movie talking about their son and his childhood, and then talk about the change in his behavior as he grew older. A few minutes into the movie, if you couldn't already tell from his father's somber and tired face, you found out that the boy had hung himself. The film also shines light on another student who cut herself and attempted suicide three times, another student who was an A student but was bullied to the point that she lost it and brought her mom's gun onto her bus, leaving her in a Juvenile Center, and other heart-wrenching stories. What is the cause of this pain and hurt? Bullying. I hate bullying almost more than I hate war because war starts for a...