Amanda Todd Suicide, Its Effects On Internet Culture

today police in london,ontario have charged a group of high school girls for tormenting a fellow student in a similar incident

8 girls arrested in London, Ont., bullying case

 

Recently Tyler Clemente, a student at Rutgers U., NJ jumped off the G.W. Bridge.

He had been secretly videoed in a sex romp in the dorm by another student, the video was to be used in bullying

The trial was all in the news.

 

I get a smiley-face and neg rep from you in the same day? On the same topic? Total bullshit.

I see increasingly intolerant patterns of behavior creeping into most parts of American culture; attitudes that I consider to be like a cancer to a healthy society. When I see examples of it, I'll continue to point them out, as I've been doing consistently for three years here. If you can't accept that, I suggest you add me to your 'ignore' list.

Pointing out a logical connection between two things that you don't happen to agree with is not an example of an off-topic post. It's just a post that you don't agree with. All important topics have side issues.

If Amanda had posted actual porn online, such as a video clip of oral sex or masturbation, a lot of people would find it more understandable that there was an extreme reaction to what she did. That's why descriptions of her pic that involve value judgments are relevant to the conversation.

Notice I didn't say that would justify the extreme response that was seen. But it would be easier to understand, to some degree.

You seem to be one of the few who really understand what it means to be that young, and dealing with a situation with such serious consequences. For god's sake, she wasn't even in high school yet!

When we think back on difficult things that we've handled well, how many of us can remember a single example that goes all the way back to age 13? I surely can't.

Most parents of teenagers today didn't have to deal with the internet when they were teenagers, so some are struggling to figure out what they should be doing about it in their parenting roles. Hopefully, they will learn fast. They need to take it as seriously as letting them ride the subway into a big city, where they will encounter all kinds of people and situations, good and bad.

Looks like it's time for somebody to start doing a lot more reading and asking questions, and a lot less posting opinions.

 

I actually see the oposite. In the past, maybe 200 years ago, they might have just killed her themselves. It is getting better, but the sexual oppression of women is still a large part of most of global culture. Could you see a boy even being in that situation? However I think that the majority of positive responses that we have seen indicates a trend away from that archaic mentality.

 

I neg repped your post, not you. The smilie was to show I did not ment it as bad or creepy (since you seem to assume I stalked you on this forum ) as you thought.

I prefer to comment on it. If you can't accept that I suggest YOU use the ignore list... I don't use that option myself.
I am not saying you don't have a point about parts of american culture but like I said the post about prudes and morals seems in this thread a bit off. You don't have to agree with me but to neg rep me in return with the comment I'm a stalker does not only serves no purpose but also strengthen my opinion that you take the prude/moral issue a bit too personal. It's unfortunate you have disabled the messages option on your profile and also the PM option since I prefer to prefer to your message on my profile that way. Anyway, let's refrain from discussing our disagreement in this thread.

 

Are you going to respond to my request and say where you heard what you are saying or not?

 

I already have.

 

you were very vague about where you got the info....it sounds like much of what you ''know'' about this case is hearsay or from fox news...either is not reliable

 

"The Internet" is not a source. If you cited "The Internet" in a paper, you would get an F. So either tell where exactly it's written down or that you made it up.

 

Yes, but how about in 1978? We're definitely more progressive than we were in 1812, but a backlash started in the mid-1980's. I don't know that it's over.

If you're right about the direction, we won't continue to make progress if we stop talking about it. No matter what the trend is, I think you and I can agree that the work isn't done.

Some young people hear extreme right-wing propaganda every day. Somebody has to make an effort to counter that.

Honestly, the current direction of change doesn't matter, in terms of what we need to do. People always need to make an effort to support what they think is right.

If just one motivated person had seen what was going on in this young person's life and said the right thing at the right time to the right people, the outcome might have been totally different.

I love that feature and use it quite a bit, but it won't prevent you from giving me negative rep points on a regular basis.

You're the one who responded without mentioning anything I said in my last post about the original topic.

 

Well the difference is I can condemn the content of a post but that does not mean I condemn anything that person has said or is going to say (which would be a bit silly right). So even though I neg repped her I can use a smiley to brighten up another message.

Like I said I was referring to your message on my profile which I could not answer anywhere else (except on my profile perhaps but I was so free to assume you're not gonna be a frequent visitor there). If you would have your messages options open I would have posted it just on your profile page as well.

 

Actually the internet is a source i am in school i would know.
Im not talking about facebook r any dumb shit like that .
If i find it i will post the link.

 

Facebook is internet too The problem is 'the internet' is not a specific source and it is very big.

 

Backlash is reactionary. It's proof that change is happening. I'm not saying stop pushing forward, but what I mean is saying that we are regressing would be untrue. I mean, yes look at the 70s. There was the in-your-face radical feminism that was being put out into the public eye. The kind of radical goals were women's liberation from being the "homemaker," the right to contraception, job discrimination. Now, those things aren't even issues. Where I live in Western NY, those things are aspects of society. Feminism has achieved many of the social goals that the movement was founded on. Don't be too inclined to mistake publicity for success. I think you are absolutely right though, and nothing shows that point more than this year's election.

 

Thanks.

I found this:

Question:

Respnse:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20121015060114AAEL2ZZ

I think people here have been rather nice to you in comparison.

 

I suggest that you check out the official platform of the Republican Party.

They aren't kidding.

I'm not sure anything is ever a settled issue. Society knew 1000 years ago that burglary could not be allowed, but it still happens all the time. We will still have bullying 1000 years from now, but it doesn't have to be as bad as it is right now.

 

Anonymous message to Amanda Todd's Bullies:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBl4nlcqquA"]Anonymous Message To Amanda Todd's Bullies - YouTube

 

Guys, can we please get off the rep thing? If anyone wants to talk about rep, please take it from here to the whiners forum.

 

It makes you wonder if Blogtv should be investigated.