Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Cyber Bullying
I read a commentary in the New York Times today October 5, 2011 which mentioned several controversies that may arise if a cyber bullying law is established. The conflict with addressing cyber bullying is that many states say,"it's amorphous nature and rapidly changing technological aspect of it makes it difficult for court's and school's to address." The first paragraph of the passage informed how in every five middle school students one of them has been affected by cyber bullying. The statistics can keep going from there. It is crazy because no one really cares about cyber bullying until it happens to them. To be honest I really did not care until it happened to me. Basically I feel people do not understand the severity of a case such as this until the extreme occurs. Such as the Rutger's University student who committed suicide because a video of him having intimate relations with a guy was posted on the internet. Shortly after the incident New Jersey has made laws against cyber bullying. Why is that someone has to die before an issue like this is addressed? Many U.S.A states have failed to incorporate this law in their statutes. I believe it is time for authorities to take action and make laws against cyber bullying. Of course the one being bullied should have evidence of the cyber bullying post because according to law you are innocent until proven guilty. Also, I believe the judicial system does not know how to go about the consequences of the cyber bullying. The real question is how far will the law allow cyber bullying to go? How would you feel if you are in the comfort of your home maybe taking a shower and the next day you check your Facebook and someone has a picture of you naked on their wall post? Not too good I would think. Think about the future generation.
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