Bully / Arse

I read in the newspaper yesterday, a short entry about bullies.

The argument went, that a one-off episode of bullying doesn’t make someone a bully – the suggestion being, that anyone can lose their temper and strike-out at another, cause misery, torment.

I don’t know what I think about this.

What I know is, that all bullies are arses, whether they bully once or habitually;

I guess the corollary is –

Not all arses are bullies, but all bullies are arses.

For more on arses, see here.