You're a douche ass-hat!
 

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/interne....ap/index.html

OH NOES!

I think 90% of you guys would get arrested.

Another stupid regulation, I see.

Sigh~

I thought this thread was going to be another thread like the one I started in the Sewers. I was about to say I take NO responsibility for this one.

I think this is ridiculous. Instead of punishing the ones who are doing the "bullying" they need to offer therapy for the ones that take it so seriously they kill themselves.

Dad's in some serious denial if he thinks his son killed himself because some kids called him gay on AIM.

This article ignore the real issue: we need to eliminate the stigma of being homosexual. I bet if no one cared about your preference, this sort of idiocy wouldn't have happened. That just my two cents though.

I think the "bullies" may have hit a little close to home.

I blame the parents. Obviously it seems like the kid informed his folks... who did shit. Or maybe they let him die cause he actually was gay and they couldn't handle it.

Death sentence more likley. Visit the sewers lately? :psyduck:

So now we're all going to be held accountable for the day when that little shit Simply Majestic kills himself? (Because you know that day's coming)

Well it's a good thing you stay out of there, don'tcha think Matthew (Shepherd)?

I'm wondering if the OT read the article.

Here I was thinking that this was going to be about that other article in the New York Times about Flaming due to "an inflated sense of self, and anonymity on the internet."
I could throw up a link but that'd be hard. :(

lol. It'd be funny if it was blatant hunting down of e-bullies. Call someone a fucktard one day, police are kicking your door down the next =O

YOU'RE UNDER ARREST FOR BEING A POTTY MOUTH AND A NINNY-HEAD.

o no ;__;
Weird reinforcement... They should totally make Myspace and what-not an 18+ sort of thing. I know it won't stop it, but it'd deter these 12 & 13 year olds from toting their worthless school drama online.

Anyhow, I think daddy on this here article needed to pay more attention to his kiddo. I seriously doubt that IMs were the root of his trouble. The kid could've -- I dunno -- GOT A NEW IM NAME?

"Cyberbullies"? Who the hell coined this term?

You're always going to get some "ass-hat" who wants to express his idiotic opinions to the rest of the world and that causes someone to be "offended." Learn to deal with it.

Jesus CHRIST. Enough with the babying.

If you're called "gay" or whatever in school, you better get used to it. Don't take shit so seriously. This is what school is ABOUT. Mean names shouldn't denote it's time to KILL YOURSELF.

NAME-CALLING. SERIOUS BUSINESS.

It's nothing new. Kids have been doing this since kids were...well, kids. Its just NOW, they can use MySpace and AIM to do it too!

Shouldn't that this kid had the stupidity to kill himself over the Internet not being nice to him be of greater concern than the that kids called him gay? I know it hurts losing your son, but come the fuck on.

"The Internet allows students to insult others in relative anonymity, and experts who study cyberbullying say it can be more damaging to victims than traditional bullying like fist fights and classroom taunts."

what ? somone plz explain this one to me !? i would think with the ability to use something like a "block list", it would be easier to get away from.

How does this make any sense ? Essentially, your validating that those bullying are ok and should continue, while it's those that take offense that are in the wrong and should change...?

Thats how I actually GOT a tough exterior/interior. I got picked on a lot in high school for not shopping trendy or whatever.

The point is: Suck it up. Kids are cruel. You'll never make it in life if you can't handle petty name-calling. If you're having a hard time coping, maybe you should talk to an adult or a guidance counsellor if it's getting to be too much that you can handle as a kid.

Additionally, once again, no one is monitoring these kids while they're online. I'm sure parents are in denial about THEIR kid being a big, bad cyber-bully.

It's a bit late for the P.S love, maybe you should've checked the Media section.

I personally take Sass's side on this one. I don't mean to be disrespectful in any manner but being called gay over the internet wouldn't be on my list of reasons to die. I've had worse and I know people who have had a lot worse, but we're all still here. I've never understood why cyber-bullying is so traumatising. So some faceless cretin is throwing names at you; why do you care so much? They're more pathetic than you just by using the internet to do their bullying. Try being physically stalked for months. That's enough to scare the crap out of you.

And kids have killed themselves or gone ballistic and took guns to school as a result.

Remember Columbine? Those kids were picked on, and they had had enough--so they decided to take matters into their own hands.

I was picked on in school, and I wanted to kill myself, but I didn't because I realized it would piss them off more if I lived. That's what parents need to tell their children. Parents need to pay attention to their children.

And as far as the kid in the article goes: They were his classmates. So, I'm guessing that he not only had to deal with it online, but he heard it at school. Sure, it's easy to block a person on AIM, but is it as easy to block the person standing in front of you?

With all due respect Lekky, Columbine isn't a COMMON thing. Statistically-speaking.

We all know video games were behind the Columbine shooting =o