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Its sad... what do you think should be "done" to protect kids from bullies... I mean its easy to say but a lot harder to do.... as always... who, what, when, where, and how? Should parents be liable? At what age does the "adult" bear responsibility for themselves? The guy was an adult in college... at that point, the "who" should be redefined? Something should be done but instead all I here is "It's tragic" instead of more talk on solving the problem...
Who cares if he was an adult or not!? Have you ever heard of anti-stalking laws? So, I guess those laws are not needed either? I mean, those women are adults.. they should be able to fight them off themselves, right?
Throw the bullies in jail, just like the stalkers.
I found this as well. An 11 year old boy who got his arm broken for supposedly being gay.
Yeah...it would suck. But if that was enough to make him kill himself, there was bound to be something else upsetting in his life that would have caused his suicide sooner or later. I mean, that's an unstable individual.
Not necessarily, if he got counseling for being suicidal. He didn't have a chance.
Bullying needs to stop, I don't care who is doing it or who they are doing it to. There have been many kids killing themselves over bullying. You don't have to be gay to be bullied. All you need to do is be the new kid in school.
Schools use to suspend bullies. What do they do with them now? Having the bullying go on the Internet makes it even worse but from what I read on here I am not surprised our kids learn at a very young age how to do it.
I am extremely outraged and livid about this! 4 teenagers/boys committed suicide in the last month ALONE - after being severely bullied because they were gay.
CBS talked about all 4, but this article only mentions 3:
And there are even people on this forum who try to justify those horrific acts. You people disgust me! What the hell is just wrong with people? You have no idea what it means to be bullied. People are so cold and heartless these days. Some just feel no sympathy for the victims. This just makes me want to puke.
Why the hell would anybody care about someone else's sexuality? Why the hell do people bully other people so much that they will kill themselves? There are some damn sick people in our society.
Those perpetrators must be severely punished. But there's no punishment that will serve them right.
I am so sick and tired of this! When will people wake up? Not enough is being done to protect young people from bullies.
Rest in Peace.
Nature has a way of riding needed space with those strong enough to endure life. Another case of bad parenting and not teaching life to their kids. Living a shelter life, seems to shatter as maturity hits.
It does need to stop, but unfortunately, it comes from adults.
The very same ones that say things like, its abnormal. And then have a knip**** because they have some deluded sense of "gay agenda". It comes from preachers in the pulpit where they breed hate, and Republicans that are seeking to recriminalize behavior---and the ones that are gay friendly haven't the gnads to stand up to those who are using this as their platform.
This is how the crap filters down to kids. And schools are not doing enough to stop the bullying. And parents need to pay attention to what they are teaching these kids. Nice job on the family values section.
I was bullied quite a bit in high school...to the point that I had to switch schools because my guidance counselor was afraid I'd get hurt.
The kids who were bullying me had started waaaaaay back in pre school.... it was nothing new to anyone who grew up around them. Granted, I was the 'new girl' who had an accent, but they had a field day with me. In addition, most of the bullies had families that egged them on. Ya know, the pseudo tough guy father who thinks his son can only be a man if he gets into fights. The gal whose parents ignore her so she lashes out at others.
I think if these kids were caught early, and taught that their attitudes are unacceptable, we'd see a lot of bullying stop. Unfortunately, it's easier to just ignore it than get involved and risk the wrath of the 'my little darrrrrrling would neeeeeever do anything mean!!!' parents.
Good thing they don't have TV shows like TV bloopers and practical jokes these days, the practical jokes might result in a suicide and a prosecution for Dick Clark and Gail Edwards.
In what alternate reality are you living that you can equate tv bloopers with live-streaming a shy just-turned 18 year-old having sex with another man? Good grief!
It does need to stop, but unfortunately, it comes from adults.
The very same ones that say things like, its abnormal. And then have a knip**** because they have some deluded sense of "gay agenda". It comes from preachers in the pulpit where they breed hate, and Republicans that are seeking to recriminalize behavior---and the ones that are gay friendly haven't the gnads to stand up to those who are using this as their platform.
This is how the crap filters down to kids. And schools are not doing enough to stop the bullying. And parents need to pay attention to what they are teaching these kids. Nice job on the family values section.
Nature has a way of riding needed space with those strong enough to endure life. Another case of bad parenting and not teaching life to their kids. Living a shelter life, seems to shatter as maturity hits.
the bolded part is unnecessary.
But agree it is bad parenting.
Wonder where these kids learn to hate so much.
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I mean, those women are adults.. they should be able to fight them off themselves, right?
