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Originally Posted by Fallen Angel  Why, of all the replies, did you decide to pick on mine? ^^ |
Because I just don't like you for insulting me.
No, I'm kidding, because you were the only person who really said "it's their own fault for being that way" when it really isn't.
The other stuff is true. If someone's bullied, they may come online. They don't HAVE to be, but it's far from unlikely.
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Regarding the internet, your situation and the one discussed are not the same thing. The guy with no arms can NOT fight back, he's completely defenseless. The people who come on the internet, come at their own risk, we're all equal, we're all free to go where we want and do what we want, this can lead to so many good things...but bad ones as well. No one is in no way more defenseless or more powerful than another on the internet. As for cyber bullying, people need to realize it's only TEXT on a SCREEN and you can't know if the person you tell something to is emotionally vulnerable or not, because once again it's the internet. >_>'
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People should be able to move freely about the internet on public sites without having to worry about being messed with. If they are messed with, the problem is not with them, the problem is with the people messing with them.
Sure, it's just text on a screen, just like a voice is just a person opening their mouth. What's written can be viewed over and over again. A voice, once said, is over, unless you choose to think about it. You can't really say one is more effective than the other in this case, as they both have their ups and downs. People say "oh, don't take the internet seriously", but how seriously do you take life? I mean really, if someone insults you in real life, do you get super offended and think about it all day? Probably not, you probably just shrug it off or laugh at them and walk away. If not, then I may be inclined to say that you take LIFE too seriously. The point of what I'm saying is, even though you may not take things seriously, sometimes things can get to you anyway and things can be offensive to you to where you don't have to be serious in order to be offended.
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This is relative, perhaps, perhaps not. Another difference between this situation and one on the internet is that in real life you could step up and help that person with all you have. On the internet, you can do no more than just text on a screen.
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I have changed some people with nothing more than the internet. And I'm not talking just a little bit, but I mean to have a serious impact on their life, for better or for worse. One of the only reasons people view the internet as a source "lesser" way of communicating is because you can't physically be there and take some actions for people, but really, you not only have the openness to reach a lot more people than you would be able to in the same amount of time in real life, you also have a way of communicating that people can go back to and use to assist them. A lot of problems, and in fact, I'd say the vast majority, can be solved by simply talking to another person. I believe communication is the most powerful tool for solving problems, and the internet just so happens to be the best place for that.
Going back to what you said before...
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Originally Posted by Fallen Angel Why, of all the replies, did you decide to pick on mine? ^^ |
I'm sorry that I've been a douche to you, and I really don't like to be like this, but if you decide to mess with other people, I feel I should stop you, which was kind of easy because you decided to mess with me in that other thread. Although it was something insignificant, it gave me a gateway to just jump right in and request that you stop, and hopefully you intend to.
Sometimes I feel the need to defend people when they have difficulty defending themselves. Trolling people just because they're "easy" makes the trolls, in a way, an enemy of mine.
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Originally Posted by Referral's comment that got removed while I was making a cake >:3 sophisticated |
Thanks, but nah, I'm really not. I just think about things a lot(meaning, not before posts, but just in general), and there are some subjects I enjoy talking about. That being said, I can type pretty much pages upon pages of the things I've thought about, as I already know what I have to say and don't really need to think about it much more at all as most of it can be generated based on what I've already thought about <__<