Internet Bullying

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I thought more about this with the story of the 6th grade girl whose classmates made a video about killing her. I really think doing this should be made illegal and result in prison time and/or loss of the right to have internet access.

It's really frightening to know how more and more frequently this is happening. As usual, this matter is not taken as seriously as it needs to be.

To answer your post in a larger context.....I would like to keep a copy of the tape they made and in 10 years when these girls think that this episode is behind them ship it to their co-workers and neighbors and family again, to remind them that the scars of victimhood are still going on for their victim and they still need to be reminded of how much public humiliation hurts. Mean? or just?

On the internet you really get to see how cruel people can be to the fullest extent. Because people have this wonderful anonymousity on the internet they aren't afraid to share their real opinions, which are royally f****d up. Look at any Youtube video of Barack Obama and see how many N words you find in the comments.

There was a video blog where a girl was crying her eyes out over her dead cousin and almost all the comments were making fun of her for being fat, and telling her to kill herself and that they hope both her and her cousin burn in hell.

Seeing that there are that many truly cruel people out there really saddens me, and almost makes me ashamed to be a human.

That's the sort of thing I mean. I think people'd think twice if they knew they could be prosecuted, spend time in a federal prison and possibly lose the right to internet access (maybe for the rest of their life.) I really think a federal anti-internet bullying law is a good idea.

I don't think most people think of it as bad as real life bullying, but it is just as bad. I've seen people say insulting stuff to others on YouTube, it's just not nice.

I agree, it is real bullying with real deleterious effects and should be punished as such.

I disagree. This is going to cost money that nobody has. That isn't my main reason for disagreeing though. I disagree mostly because it is up to the parents job to take care of their children. Both the bullied and the bullies. Parents should make sure their child can cope with the internet. Besides, being bullied can still happen offline, it's just no longer anonymous (and depending on activities will likely have less frequency). Of course, there is more to it than that.

I know somebody who tried to commit suicide 3 times now due to peer pressure from peers NOT on the internet. I guess we need to outlaw that, right? People are killing themselves over it! Down with peer pressure! Outlaw it!

I'm insulted every time I do online activities with groups of anonymous individuals. I have been for the last 13 years (don't forget being teased in school all the time). It's because I'm different, even if they can't read it in person. I haven't tried to kill myself yet, and it's not like I have a wonderful family life, relationship, or anything. I know not everyone can be like I am naturally, sort of a resilience thing, but I believe people can be taught it.

You need to fight the cause, and the cause isn't the harassment. The cause is the reaction. People decide for themselves, not people for people.

i do not know about any of you but i have problems with people that will decide to post mean comments about me on my myspace profile and in other places and then decide to insist i am the one with a problem and need to just get over it when i tell them to stop

at least i have all of my accounts in different places set to require approval before things is posted

i want to track these morons and publish their picture in a tv commercial about how doing this needs to stop and if you decide to post mean things about a person that never made any kind of comment about you then you are the one with the problem

i know that will cost a lot of money and it will be fun to make millions of people know what kind of person they are