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Originally Posted by TheMasterOGames  Did you read the same page as me?
Tl;dr: She got called names by some boy she has never met.
Hardly intense pain, not like she came from some rundown family with some Sarah Connor type story, it really is better that they died then and there if you can even consider suicide from that. I've been through worse and i came through the other side laughing. |
I'm sorry, did you actually put thought into that? Because a person's level of emotional pain is dependant on their tolerance for that pain. To her, it was some pretty intense pain. She, uhm, killed herself. It's what you're used to that counts, and for her, this was a devastating event. Whether or not it would have bothered you doesn't even factor into the equation.
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Originally Posted by Colby Hey, I'm not saying it was her fault totally and I'm not saying that it was anyones fault fully. I'm just saying that the media seems to want to focus all of the blame on the internet bullies as opposed to other sources as well, and then the parents act all surprised like they thought she was perfectly happy or some ****. The parents here may or may not have been at fault, but it doesn't take a genius to figure out when someone isn't acting and behaving like a normal kid.
People are raised differently today, a lot of kids worlds revolve around the internet (at least indirectly) through myspace, facebook, and other social networks. This makes a severe disconnection with the family, so kids who do revolve around the internet a lot may feel neglected and unwanted, so it makes sense that when internet friends (real or not) dislike her they feel alone in the world, and I sympathize with that.
Does that mean the cyber bullies aren't jerks? No. But it does mean, that despite the media's efforts to blame everything on people on the internet, the root of all this is in fact the internet itself, but what drives a child to love the internet is being, or feeling rejected by friends in real life. Like I've said before, when you go to the internet to escape real life you'll probably end up more hurt in the end.
I think that people are getting too attached to this surreal cyber world where they can be whoever they want. Where they don't have to be shy and timid. Where they can be ten feet tall, but then you get these people who cut that down and it's like cutting out a last life line for some people. When you do that, life isn't worth anything anymore. |
Whatever the cause, the fact remains that it's common knowledge that people commit suicide over the internet. You hear about the **** all the time. And for grown adults to play such a personal prank on this little girl even without the intent of causing her to commit suicide is completely disgusting.