Kind of ridiculous

[JackWhoseHe]

BBC NEWS | Americas | US 'cyber-bully' mother indicted

Missouri outlaws cyberbullying after MySpace suicide - CNN.com

Basically some girl awhile ago went emo because someone made her qq on the internet so she hung herself. In Missouri apparently now "cyberbullying" is illegal isn't that a bit weak over cyberbullying LOL?

Just because someone calls someone names over the internet doesn't mean some simple name calling over the internet should be considered such a crime! Really the person is mostly at own fault if they suicide over some simple internet name calling.

Honestly people try to overprotect children from the smallest things.

[Yakuza Kuzumi]

if that was the case half the gunz community should be arrested

[LordShaft]

Originally Posted by Yakuza Kuzumi

if that was the case half the gunz community should be arrested

Yarly, i called some1 on a vent an idiot and she freaks out, i then said to never play gunz.

[JackWhoseHe]

Originally Posted by Yakuza Kuzumi

if that was the case half the gunz community should be arrested

Originally Posted by LordShaft

Yarly, i called some1 on a vent an idiot and she freaks out, i then said to never play gunz.

Exactly my point LOL! Hell I was successful at being nice on gunz from 2005 up until a couple months ago mostly playful ego because people take it 2 serious and it's fun and not to mention online.

[STM1993]

Oh, that article was found in my english mid-year exam paper.

I actually think this is getting really stupid. I mean, come on! It's the freaking internet. You are completely anonymous and no one knows who the hell you really are, whether you are actually my next door neighbour or an alien. All kinds of people are everywhere, all kinds of flame may happen anywhere. Why take the internet so seriously? The heck, this girl doesn't realize that the world is bigger than the internet itself, and ultimately forgetting something called "real life", which is the very reason for this entire thing anyway.

If you tell me that you post up stuff like sex videos or whatever blackmail etc or you do something so bad that it even affects your reputation irl, then yes, I'd say it can be a crime. But flaming someone becomes a crime? That's freaking ridiculous! If that were the case, you might as well arrest everyone who uses the internet! I don't see how a little flame like that can affect your real life reputation in any way.

People who are overprotected become spoiled too. With this kind of law to be passed down, I cannot imagine how many MORE ego whores are going to spawn, taking the internet like its "srs business" and can't even take a little flame or even constructive criticism. When they do get flamed, they just say "I'mma report to the authorities." and no one would then say anything more. And they would start egoing and thinking "ya that's what j00 get for messing wif t3h noob like me". Pfft.

If you can't even take a little flame on the internet, I do not understand how you're even able to deal with scoldings in real life.

EDIT:
Depression and some kind of disorder huh...? All the more it's the parents' fault for not even watching over what the kid is surfing.

[Heidenreich8]

Teenagers... DRAMAAAAAH!

[manofsparrow]

It looks like they charged her with conspiricy and access without authorization.
Were there any harassment charges?

[Colby]

Originally Posted by JackWhoseHe

BBC NEWS | Americas | US 'cyber-bully' mother indicted

Missouri outlaws cyberbullying after MySpace suicide - CNN.com

Basically some girl awhile ago went emo because someone made her qq on the internet so she hung herself. In Missouri apparently now "cyberbullying" is illegal isn't that a bit weak over cyberbullying LOL?

Just because someone calls someone names over the internet doesn't mean some simple name calling over the internet should be considered such a crime! Really the person is mostly at own fault if they suicide over some simple internet name calling.

Honestly people try to overprotect children from the smallest things.

They said the cyber bully was a mother? A mother of whom? This is vitial to my opinion of the case BECAUSE if she is the mother of a boy who could acess myspace....well....

If not, I'm not sure about the case.



As for cyberbullying, I say the person already has problems in their real life and the internet is just an escape. Once it becomes another problem, they are left hopeless. Parents need to start taking more responsibility for their own children instead of blaming society so much.

[Ad4M l uK]

Depression should be illegal.

[STM1993]

Originally Posted by Colby

I say the person already has problems in their real life and the internet is just an escape. Once it becomes another problem, they are left hopeless. Parents need to start taking more responsibility for their own children instead of blaming society so much.

^ QFT.

It is understandable why they want this law, but they don't seem to realize that they are responsible if they knew that their child suffered from such problems. Besides, I reckon this law would only in a way make the internet worse in a number of ways.

[Atropos]

My friend and me diss each other all the time but that's just friendship.

[Hamburger]

But that was a 49 year old woman that was abusing the girl. Seriously, she lived through life and knows what is going to hurt and affect that little girl the most even if it is the internet. Sure just simple flaming and remarks shouldn't be out-lawed but when a almost 50 year old womans wants to abuse a 13 year old girl there is something wrong.

[JackWhoseHe]

Originally Posted by Hamburger

But that was a 49 year old woman that was abusing the girl. Seriously, she lived through life and knows what is going to hurt and affect that little girl the most even if it is the internet. Sure just simple flaming and remarks shouldn't be out-lawed but when a almost 50 year old womans wants to abuse a 13 year old girl there is something wrong.

It may sound weird to say this but she probably found it just as amusing as us saying ez to each other on gunz or talking trash to little kids in c.s with a mic.

It doesn't take you to be 49 years old to know what hurts someone's feelings you should know that by now.

Like I said it's being over protective it's the internet it is a place where most people **** around and active insensitive towards others feelings it is a place where we need to keep our freedom of expression on the internet it is not like she said "I am going to kill you".

Simply ignore the person if you hate them or talk trash back.

[death song]

The internet is not a safe place for kids. That's why most online games try to keep young kids out... including GunZ.

[JackWhoseHe]

Originally Posted by death song

The internet is not a safe place for kids. That's why most online games try to keep young kids out... including GunZ.

Just not safe to over sensitive kids! Being sensitive towards some things irl does not matter but when it comes to online trash talk LOL.