12-year-old girl commits suicide, bullies to be charged.

Where are the parents in all of this? Take away her computer. Don't let her get online.

lol so instead of blocking them on facebook which takes about 5 seconds she kills herself

OT stands for gay and transgender rights but obhors children that are bullied to death. What a bunch of pansies.SolidSnake35

[QUOTE="SolidSnake35"]OT stands for gay and transgender rights but obhors children that are bullied to death. What a bunch of pansies.PeaceChild90

Yeah. OT is just a really insensitive forum in general due to the high amount of manbabies and kids. And I've noticed that it's usually the people that have negative attitudes about gays/transgendered people that usually don't have sympathy for bullied people or people who comitt suicide.

[QUOTE="Capitan_Kid"]Inb4 victim blamingOleg_Huzwog

I don't blame the victim; I blame the person who killed her.

Or 'people' in this case, herself included. If these people were constantly telling her to kill herself, knowing that she was already more than a bit unstable, there's a good chance that they're at least partly to blame in all of this. Perhaps these taunts were what caused her to have suicidal tendencies, or perhaps these taunts were enough to drive her suicidal tendencies over the edge? We don't know, but it's possible that these other terrible people are responsible, and in any case I would love to see them feel the consequences of their actions.

Meanwhile, Wikipedia tells me that it is a crimal offence to incite suicide here in Australia, so that's interesting to know. I'm surprised that more places don't do that.

If it was just for attention, she wouldn't have killed herself. There's no point in getting attention if you're too dead to appreciate it.

OT stands for gay and transgender rights but obhors children that are bullied to death. What a bunch of pansies.SolidSnake35

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konvikt_17

sucks that she was bullied so much; that kind of stuff can be really hard on people who already have self-esteem issues.

and is it just me, or are kids these days becoming more and more sociopathic? I remember at that age, there were always a few bullies; but now it seems like they're all making it their goal to get someone to die.

I only skimmed the story, but people should not be charged for acting like shitheads online. Deplorable, yes, but not a crime. If this is really such a problem, schools should start doling out punishment to cyber-bullies. A school punishing a kid because of online conduct makes sense, arresting them doesn't.Rhazakna

Inb4 victim blamingCapitan_Kid

sucks that she was bullied so much; that kind of stuff can be really hard on people who already have self-esteem issues.

and is it just me, or are kids these days becoming more and more sociopathic? I remember at that age, there were always a few bullies; but now it seems like they're all making it their goal to get someone to die.

Sword-Demon

Kids need to realize that as bad as things can get in life, someone else has it much worse and is still willing to go forward. Grow thicker skin and laugh it off, life is to short as is.

[QUOTE="Chutebox"]

My kids will not have any access to computers or smartphones until they are much older.  They have no business have either devices. 

deeliman

[QUOTE="helwa1988"]

People really need to start raising their kids with tougher skin. All these kids killing themselves over cyber bullies is just ridiculous. When I was 12 I got shit said to my face. Never thought about killing myself. Kids nowadays are too damn sensitive. And arresting someone for cyber stalking? What the hell? They even outlawed trolling in Arizona.

deeliman

Link? Because that would be pretty god damn funny :P

...is unlawful for any person, with intent to terrify, intimidate, threaten, harass, annoy or offend...Bill 2549

Kids shouldn't be allowed on the internet, until they are old enough to realise that hearing things on the internet is no reason to kill yourself.dramaybaz

Damn, what has social media become? I had a Myspace from 13-18 years old and no one was bullied enough to commit suicide.

Damn, what has social media become? I had a Myspace from 13-18 years old and no one was bullied enough to commit suicide.

EagleEyedOne

[QUOTE="EagleEyedOne"]

Damn, what has social media become? I had a Myspace from 13-18 years old and no one was bullied enough to commit suicide.

gamerguru100

[QUOTE="gamerguru100"][QUOTE="EagleEyedOne"]

Damn, what has social media become? I had a Myspace from 13-18 years old and no one was bullied enough to commit suicide.

EagleEyedOne

I think people are underestimating what cyber bullying is. It's not just online, this new type of bullying flags you as a loser throughout school. I know most of you are nerds, so might not understand the power of girl gossip but word gets around easier now a days - so IRL she probably had it even worse. People can be absolutely cruel, now we have a record of what's being said rather than word of mouth - which limits exposure. It's funny how crass people are, this is what leads to bullying in the first place, as you think the person can take it, but often they can't. bobaban

Screw that why weren't her parents monitoring the messages she was getting and sending? If you charge anyone charge them...jeremiah06

[QUOTE="jeremiah06"]Screw that why weren't her parents monitoring the messages she was getting and sending? If you charge anyone charge them...Sword-Demon

[QUOTE="jeremiah06"]Screw that why weren't her parents monitoring the messages she was getting and sending? If you charge anyone charge them...Sword-Demon

[QUOTE="Sword-Demon"][QUOTE="jeremiah06"]Screw that why weren't her parents monitoring the messages she was getting and sending? If you charge anyone charge them...Nibroc420

The kids didn't actively kill her, nor did they force her to kill herself. They did something mean, and rather than thinking "Wow, what a**holes" and blocking them, or ignoring them, She killed herself. I'd blame the parents for not raising a more mentally stable child.

I feel like a lot of parents dont even know what their kids are doing nowadays. Perhaps parenting as yet to catch up with the networking world. Back in the days, you get bullied, you came home with physical signs, a black eye or something, and your parents would see it and ask. Nowadays its all online so I guess there are less signs and parents dont notice anything is wrong til its too late. :?

[QUOTE="Nibroc420"] They did something mean, and rather than thinking "Wow, what a**holes" and blocking them, or ignoring them, She killed herself. I'd blame the parents for not raising a more mentally stable child.Randolph

I really don't think so. All bullies grow up, and very few of them remain bullies.

Out of the group of bullies that generally terrorized the other kids in my growing up years, I can't really find one who hasn't changed fundamentally or one who would repeat the actions of his youth.

It's possible that there's one I'm missing or forgetting who has, but I think the odds are that most bullies will grow up and stop being bullies.

I think the bullies should be charged, however, I'm confused as to why she couldn't just log off of facebook? Or was she bullied irl too?

deeliman

I have mixed feelings about this.  I think bullying is wrong and should be punished, but can you be fully blamed if someone overeacts?  If you get in an argument, call someone a loser, then they kill themself, should you be jailed?

I have mixed feelings about this.  I think bullying is wrong and should be punished, but can you be fully blamed if someone overeacts?  If you get in an argument, call someone a loser, then they kill themself, should you be jailed?

sonicare

They should not be charged. They are not responsible for her actions.Laihendi