Disown kid in bullying incident ‘forever,’ Locsin urges Taekwondo Association
Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2018 01:57:16 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — Disown him. Forever.
The call addressed to the Taekwondo Association was made by Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. in a Twitter post Saturday, still reacting to the children caught on video bullying other kids.
“He is a Taekwondo champion and since he used the skill to hurt a boy—you saw the blood—the Taekwondo Association should disown him. Forever,” Locsin said.
In his latest comment on the issue this Sunday, he disputed some senators’ call for the public not to bully the kid, who has been verbally attacked by netizens on social media.
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“Boy has no problem; fact he had an advantage: made himself a martial arts champion & took it out on a harmless boy,” Locsin said.
“What do you do with someone who has a deadly weapon? Give him a medal or a punch in the face? Christian Brothers gave punches. Cassocked siokis give advice,” he added.
The Philippine Taekwondo Association had already condemned the bullying incident, involving one of its practitioners.
READ: PH Taekwondo Association slams bullying incident in viral video
This was not the first time that the official offered unsolicited advice on how the child should be dealt with.
Last Friday, Locsin also urged the parents of the bullied kid in one of the viral videos of bullying to “take the law in their own hands.”
“The parents of the bullied kid should take the law in their own hands. The only way to teach a bully is to beat him senseless,” he said, also in a Twitter post.
“Psychiatric help? He should get traction,” Locsin said of the bully kid.
READ: Locsin urges parents of bullied kid to ‘take the law in their own hands’