Cyber Bullying

I meant examples of when you can't get rid of the cyber bully not an actual bully.

A Facebook group made only to humilliate you, or something like that. That's the best I can think at this hour.

You don't understand the mental situation of the people who fall victim. Usually they aren't thinking clearly.

Clearly not. We know from the fact that it actually has happened before that it has inspired a total lack of rational thought. Legislation protecting these people is proposterous in my mind though. While people are busy starving to death around the world we stop to worry about wealthy people on the internet, god forbid someone say bad things to them and they get delusions of doom.

Turn off your cell phone, turn off your facebook, unplug your internet, move to a log cabin in the middle of Alaska.
My suggestions are some what silly and unrealistic (as least the Alaska one that is), I think they are the most effective way. But, I also think that it's almost impossible to separate people from the internet, given our attachment to it.

See that's what I am saying, let's say some douche does make facebook group against you, so what? nothing forcing you to look at it and you can just block those people if they bother you. It's not like a real bully, who you have to see everday and who is actually capable of hurting you.

The knowledge of it's existence would hurt you deeply and you know it . Would you kill yourself? Only if your a ego centric teenager who's full of hormones and incidentally a moron.

Can you answer my question?

If it is a legitimate threat to people's health, regardless of their wealth, than I perfectly understand if they want to pass some laws. I would say it has a lot of potential for abuse though.

You can ignore it, yes; but the most probable thing is that this goes from "cyber" to real life.

It's nice to see you around this happy lands again pottman.

Of course not, but usually (as I said) the one who commits suicide has other problems unadressed. <--- I think I've just invented a word, somebody can help me to find it?

Obviously . I comment on someones picture saying they should quit smoking and it's a filthy habit, I get reported, and I get a fine! YAYYY.

Oh yeah and your question? Just let me get out of my personal records of everyone who's every committed suicide then go to the cyber bullying subtopic and pick out from my assortment of post-mortom psycho analysis files on the right subject.

What a fucking ridiculous thing to ask me for...

Oh and yarpen you didn't create a word you just spelt it wrong.

@ComradeLer, you don't have to be left wing to be depressed. Hell, you don't even have to know what right wing is to be depressed.

Also, I think most of you guys are considering cyber-bullying is something that only happens on the internet. Don
t you think if there is a facebook group against you, its going to carry over into your school or work life? What's even worse about it is that you can't escape the internet, not really. If everyone at a certain school hates you, its not that hard to transfer to a school half an hour away and be social again. However, the network of facebook friends almost always end up connecting to every school in at least the immediate area. So, if you leave your school to escape cyber-bullying you're more than likely to be recognized and have the bullying continue at a new school. The only way you could really escape it is by moving to a new state, in which case it could still catch up to you. Just getting off the internet doesn't help, because usually it effects you in real life too.

Furthermore, many of the kids that are cyber-bullied already have mental or social problems. Perhaps their parents died or are particularly abusive, and that causes the child to be unsocial? Being abused (verbally and physically) at both home, school, and even on the internet, is enough to push some people over the edge.

I think it's better they just commit suicide rather than go on a killing spree.

God, what the fuck is wrong with me

SO what's your answer genius? Punish people who express distaste for others? There's just no way it could go wrong!

Nah I'm pretty sure it would not bother me that much. I have been bullied for real before when I was younger, so the idea that "cyber bullying" is anywere near as serious as real bullying is kind of rediculous to me.

That's the abuse I was talking about.

Then don't make stupid claims like that there is healthy people (this includes mental health) that kill themselves for petty reasons.

Are you claiming that there isn't healthy people who commit suicide ever? I find that pretty outrageous bro. Especially since it doesn't change my opinion even if it's true. There's no way we should legislate against cyber bullying to protect over sensitive sheep.

Sure. Seems to me like you'd have to be pretty unhealthy to commit suicide. You could go from healthy to unhealthy pretty fast and then end your life. But ending your life when you're emotionally healthy and well off? Why?

No, I don't have an answer. I don't know a good way to handle it. I was just giving you guys some extra info.

Also, I'm pretty sure if you commit suicide then you are not mentally healthy. Your either depressed, or plain insane. I really can't think of any other reason. Or its the Happening.

Boredom? Sadness? Quantum immortality? You don't have to be clinically depressed in order to commit suicide.

Okay well we're look at this in different ways then . I think if you have a pre existing mental illness you should be getting help . I don't think you have to have something actually wrong with you to commit suicide. The japanese did it for a long time out of sheer will power.

So yes. Perfectly healthy people can commit suicide if they delude themselves enough.