How should a Buddhist respond to being bullied / bullying? Obviously there are many admonitions against bullying / related behavior in the suttas, but I'm looking for specific actions that should be taken in response to bullying. Some examples: - Being bullied at school by a stronger person. - Being harrassed at work by a coworker. - Being robbed / attacked in the street. - Dealing with racial/sexual/other forms of bigotry. - Dealing with neighborhood gang / police violence. - Dealing with colonialism / imperialism.

I have been asked to do jury duty. As I follow a Buddhist philosophy of Ahimsa, no-harm, I feel conflicted. If I vote guilty, and the defendant is not, I would feel guilty myself. If he/she is guilty, and I vote to acquit, likewise I would feel guilty. So I will be asked to be excused on religious grounds. Is this a valid reason for me to be excused? Thank you, Thomas Ramsay.

Recently I got into a long debate with some people on Reddit about killing pestilent, poisonous insects. Feel free to read it . There are some interesting scientific findings. Whatever the word is for people who go over-board with their compassion/ahimsa trip... I think they are doing that, considering it was a poisonous spider (about to give birth to 100 more) I dispatched. **So what does Buddhism say about *intentionally* killing dangerous (poisonous) and/or pestilent insects?** Specifically dangerous insects in one's personal and community environment. Surely, the suttas, aimed towards forest-dwellers, must have some guidelines on harmful insects and animals.