Have you ever heard of the game “Bully: Scholarship Edition“? We hadn’t either. However, a group of teachers is pushing hard to get the game banned, which is leading to a lot of publicity for the game.
Michael Hoechsmann, an assistant professor at McGill University, has a good take on things. He compares the attempted ban on the game to “flailing at windmills” and goes on to say that “as tempting as it may seem, I’m not so certain that banning this will somehow result in a more peaceful and more loving school population”.
The first edition of Bully, released in 2006, got an extra boost from a Florida lawyer that tried to have it banned and a school superintendent that warned parents about the game.