When I think of bullies, I think of Scott Farkus. Scott Farkus, what a rotten name! He had yellow eyes! So help me God, yellow eyes!

For anyone who might not up to speed with the Christmas classics, Scott Farkus is the embodiment of all depravity in “A Christmas Story.” Unfortunately, whether it’s attributed to media hype or if kids really have become more aggressive over the past few decades, it seems that bullying in recent years has taken a turn for the worse. The modern-day Scott Farkus is 20 pounds heavier, with more pent up belligerence (the equivalent of the ED-209 in “Robocop”) and there’s more of them.