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2 The Link Magazine. March 1993
E MAN WITH Val Doing our bit in March - the programme

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t Kilroy on bullies (continued from front page)
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VWe come to you who had committed suicide because not get over our point of view."
of the pressure on them, and adults Youth workerCarl Bowen said he
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DOCTOR still effected by childhood bullying felt bad for involving the young peo-
experiences. ple in the programme. "They were
One of the group Natha lie Corbin willing to speak their mind and give
Repairs and tuning MOBILE VEHICLE said she had agreed to take part honest views on bullying. Kilroy
by qualified engineers because bullying is wrong. "I went encouraged the audience to focus
from fully equipped D.R.P. because I had bullied and I had also their anger on them; they were to-
been bullied. I felt guilty, I know tally exploited and made into scape-
Mobile Workshops at bullying is wrong, but the way goats. None of these young people
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'Phone Dave Powell Mobile 0860 453329 . Swindon 612930 then turned to us for reaction made created a media spectacle with no
it clear that he did not want to give regard for their individual reputa-
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us a fair chance; he just wanted to tions or integrity."
portray us as bullies." After the recording, Ass is tantPro-
Danny King said, "whenever a ducer Julian Mears admitted to the
victim was speaking, the camera group to being uncomfortable with
ERMIN focussed on our group to give the the way the programme had gone
impression that we were the guilty but defended Kilroy's approach to
ones. Kilroy did not want to hear the subject in question. The upset
WINDOWS whether we had been bullied, or youngsters have complained to
why we might have been involved Kilroy in writing and are thinking of
in bullying. protesting to the BroadcastingCom-
"He was in control and we could plaints Commission.

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