Terminally Ill, Alleged Wife Killer
That is the most immature thing I've ever heard of...calling swat as a prank call against a woman that advocates against cyber bullying? I'm not the most mature human being in the world, but goddamn, people need to grow the fuck up. This is a generation where people don't grow up even into their mid twenties or early thirties...pathetic
Children will always be bullied. Also, I get the impression they do these things to teach people not to be so damn serious. Getting called a dirty n-word or fat on the Internet probably isn't the end of the world. Not everyone is going to like you in life and everyone gets bullied eventually. It has gone on for thousands of years and I suspect it will continue for thousands more. It's just another part of the human experience. Trying to "stamp it out" by showing anti-bullying propaganda might even make it worse. Also, most internet/mobile operator provided communication services have quite easy to use blocking features. Personally, I'd never use such tools as I believe even an annoying/hateful person may still have something interesting to say. However, they're still readily available and quite easy to use. There is no excuse not to use them. Also, I seriously doubt 4chan is "cyber-bullying" most of these kids who complain about it on the news. Most of the bullying seems to come from other classmates who'd probably be bullied by 4chan themselves if they even knew what it was. Places like 4chan usually attack people like Parry Aftab because they're found to be annoyingly self-righteous about an issue that really isn't as big of a deal as it should be. Schools are starting to use this "cyber bulling" to justify all sorts of other nonsense. It's getting to the point where disagreeing with a fellow student, holding "unpopular" opinions or even just telling the damn truth about someone on a site like Facebook outside of school time is given the label "cyber bullying" and could get a kid punished for something as silly as saying their classmate's artwork wasn't very good. I'd say 4chan's anti-everything attitude probably comes from those "everybody is special" campaigns that were constantly forced down children's throats in the 80s and 90s. In a way, the whole subculture is a rejection of this maxim. Some introverted kids grew up with this drilled into their heads and eventually realized this outlook can sometimes be a very bad thing or just plain stupid and so they go out of their way to snap people out of it as well as amusing themselves because so many people today have such thin skin today. And yes, I'm sure quite a few are just bored or bullied themselves and want to try their hand at it this time. There is sometimes a somewhat valid reason behind attacks like this.
Don't get me wrong, I don't agree with how far this was taken and how it wasted police time but it only seems fair to provide a somewhat opposing view of these events and some possible motivations behind it.
kids are supposed to learn manners. and those who are taking care of the kids, as in either parent(s) or caregiver(s) are supposed to teach them..this includes why NOT to bully others..and your assumption that everyone gets bullied is wrong. and it makes you assume that it is ok to give a 'license' to bully. .something tells me that you bullied others in your childhood. and that you got mad that someone tried to make you stop. .cyberbullying came about due to the fact that many kids have access to items like cellphones, computers, and some ebooks. things, some of us did not have while growing up.
