Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2015 20:20:23 GMT
Both students and teachers in different countries have raised the issue of whether or not there should be a criminal law to cover cyber bullying. It seems that this is a hot debate topic this year.
I have vacuumed the 'Net for opinions and you can find some of them below:
Anonymous - "What if someone were to walk up to you and bully you to your face, are you going to have them punished for being a jerk? if bullying on cyberspace is to be punishable, so should every other form of bullying. … our prisons would be overcrowded, taxes wasted, people's freedom of speech impended and so on a whole chain of things."
BV - "Attacking others is not what the forefathers meant concerning freedom of speech. Libel and defamation is criminal conduct and I am so sick of people using that as a crutch. If you intentionally harm others you should be punished and when you place it on the internet it can stay forever because you have companies such as Topix among others that won't remove very much. It should be a crime period and if you post on the internet there is physical evidence that the bullying occurred. If you don't want to be punished then don't do it."
He who leaves a comm - "often, kids are offended, or hurt by cyberbullying. the solution: improved self esteem, a willingness to ignore others, education about cyberbullying, the knowledge that the internet is a mask, and that the cases often used are full of other variables (Meier was taking psychotopic drugs, and was facing real life stalking and bullying).
oh, the bully-ers are insecure, and are trying to build themselves up by tearing others down, and in the end, they will be the losers."
JB - "There is a lot of evidence about how educational programs are the way to go. They cannot, however, handle extreme/severe cases of cyberbullying–there must be criminal laws to address this."
Thomas - "In extreme cases there needs to be criminal laws because it is a crime. Some of you need to remember what it is like to be a child and it has been proven that cyberbullying can have devasting effects on a person. No one has a right to destroy another individual. How would you feel if your child took their life? Some kids are literally afraid to go to school because of bullying and there is no defense for that whatsoever. What goes around usually comes around."
Jennifer - "We must realize that molestation, rape, abuse, and threatening someone, is all a form of bullying in a way we don't consider this but it is the truth. we treat rape, molestation, and threatening someone is all a criminal offense. therefore cyber bullying should be a criminal offense."
Blake - "Cyber Bullying is freedom of speech. The real thing we need to focus on is physical bullying, yes it is a tragedy that people take their lives from this, but just because a few girls are being bitches we shouldn't make a crime out of it. Its really the same as verbal bullying which as far as I know isn't illegal. Cyber Bullying should be ruled by morals rather than laws."
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I have vacuumed the 'Net for opinions and you can find some of them below:
Anonymous - "What if someone were to walk up to you and bully you to your face, are you going to have them punished for being a jerk? if bullying on cyberspace is to be punishable, so should every other form of bullying. … our prisons would be overcrowded, taxes wasted, people's freedom of speech impended and so on a whole chain of things."
BV - "Attacking others is not what the forefathers meant concerning freedom of speech. Libel and defamation is criminal conduct and I am so sick of people using that as a crutch. If you intentionally harm others you should be punished and when you place it on the internet it can stay forever because you have companies such as Topix among others that won't remove very much. It should be a crime period and if you post on the internet there is physical evidence that the bullying occurred. If you don't want to be punished then don't do it."
He who leaves a comm - "often, kids are offended, or hurt by cyberbullying. the solution: improved self esteem, a willingness to ignore others, education about cyberbullying, the knowledge that the internet is a mask, and that the cases often used are full of other variables (Meier was taking psychotopic drugs, and was facing real life stalking and bullying).
oh, the bully-ers are insecure, and are trying to build themselves up by tearing others down, and in the end, they will be the losers."
JB - "There is a lot of evidence about how educational programs are the way to go. They cannot, however, handle extreme/severe cases of cyberbullying–there must be criminal laws to address this."
Thomas - "In extreme cases there needs to be criminal laws because it is a crime. Some of you need to remember what it is like to be a child and it has been proven that cyberbullying can have devasting effects on a person. No one has a right to destroy another individual. How would you feel if your child took their life? Some kids are literally afraid to go to school because of bullying and there is no defense for that whatsoever. What goes around usually comes around."
Jennifer - "We must realize that molestation, rape, abuse, and threatening someone, is all a form of bullying in a way we don't consider this but it is the truth. we treat rape, molestation, and threatening someone is all a criminal offense. therefore cyber bullying should be a criminal offense."
Blake - "Cyber Bullying is freedom of speech. The real thing we need to focus on is physical bullying, yes it is a tragedy that people take their lives from this, but just because a few girls are being bitches we shouldn't make a crime out of it. Its really the same as verbal bullying which as far as I know isn't illegal. Cyber Bullying should be ruled by morals rather than laws."
