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"JK"

Today I had the misfortune of being the target of teasing and being ā€œmade fun ofā€.  Depending on who is doing the teasing, and what they are teasing about, I can usually deal with it fairly well. However, there are always a few people who, when they tease, it hurts; they always manage to end their barbs with ā€œJKā€, just kidding.  As if, somehow, because they say ā€œJKā€ that makes it alright; it doesn't .  Friends, saying ā€œJKā€ doesn't make teasing acceptable, and teasing is not funny if the person being teased is not laughing too.  Whoever said ā€œwords can never hurt meā€ clearly had no idea of how fragile people can be.  I donā€™t care whether you are four or one hundred and four; words can hurt.  We live in a society where it has become quite acceptable use snappy mean quips that put others down.  We see it on television shows, in movies, and many other places.  I am sad to say that, occasionally, I have fallen in to this trap myself.  Christian ...