I too would like to know more about mindfulness. I'm not so angry these days. I'm with you on liking the feeling, though I admit that I did for a long time. What I really don't like is being controlled by my emotions. I'm not saying I want to be in rational control of myself at all times, because man, where is the fun in that? But living life by knee-jerk usually makes you, well, a jerk. Basically, instead of being angry, I'm really trying to get a better understanding of what I'm feeling at a given moment and why.

I'm sorry to hear about your rejection. I've been there many times myself. It can be tough though, especially when you see something published that you think is absolute cack, it's even worse when you know the fucker who wrote it and worse still when you know them, have known them for years and thought they were shit then and even more shit now. There's no accounting for taste. Keep trying. Out of curiosity, where did you submit to? It might be that they're looking for a voice in a certain vein for a particular issue or whatever image they're trying to cultivate.

I've heard of the parents bullying thing too. It's sick. I think you're right that people like that won't grow out of that kind of behavior. As for your question, unless there were some kind of internet police, then I have no idea how to address that issue, how to build consequence into the everyday internet. In person at least there's a stigma that can be attached to such a person. Or you could use this. I haven't checked it out if it's for real or not, but I'd like to think it is.