Amanda Todd

[Voorhees27]

Blah blah blah blah blah. YOU ruined this thread.

 

[Solidus]

There's a little boy at my school who tells me that almost everyday.


That was for the chocolate milk comment by the way.

I don't think there has ever been a kid who doesn't like chocolate milk

Now, chocolate milk and Oreos....

There is something to pity for any child that feels the only way out is to take their own life. We're not talking about you or I with the ability to make true adult decisions but a child. This is a sad situation all the way around. Suicide is a lame way out but when it's a child you can't look at it the same way as you do when it's an adult like I said. As someone who has chosen working with kids as their profession it breaks my heart that she felt this was her only option. Everyone around her should be ashamed of themselves for failing her and my disgust falls with them. Not feeling any pity for the child is pretty heartless.

In the end, her story is a prime example, that once something gets out on the Internet (nude pics in this case), it stays there forever, and it's impossible to escape it. Kids in high school are also cruel to no end. Hopefully, other parents can take a lesson from this and become more involved in monitoring the online activities of their children.

 

[Star Puffs]

Blah blah blah blah blah. YOU ruined this thread.

And the immaturity and cowardice just keep going and going...

 

[wofford29]

There is something to pity for any child that feels the only way out is to take their own life. We're not talking about you or I with the ability to make true adult decisions but a child. This is a sad situation all the way around. Suicide is a lame way out but when it's a child you can't look at it the same way as you do when it's an adult like I said. As someone who has chosen working with kids as their profession it breaks my heart that she felt this was her only option. Everyone around her should be ashamed of themselves for failing her and my disgust falls with them. Not feeling any pity for the child is pretty heartless.

I see people die almost every single day I work, I have clients my heart breaks for and others I feel nothing for. You can call me heartless but I stand by my statement and I'm unashamed to do so. I'll pity her failed surroundings and her plight, I feel no sorrow for her ultimate decision.

 

[Uncanny Web-Slinger]

just right now I am seeing people still making fun of her on facebook,
a lot of people saying the same thing Wofford was saying,
that if she could not handle the bullying and had to kill herself she was not strong enough, that they feel no sympathy for her
and maybe didn't deserve to live in the first place, some people are even saying that she should have died sooner,

like I don't understand, why are people so hateful about someone they don't even know, and it's not like this girl killed a bunch of puppies or anything, how is she the bad guy in this, I dont get it.

I don't understand either how these people can say such horrible things and continue even after the girl has killed herself because of such comments.

It's safe to say these people are just *******s but the question is... Why hate on this girl, why say such cowardly mean things?

Do they have no soul, no compassion?

 

[Voorhees27]

And the immaturity and cowardice just keep going and going...

If I were to give you some money from out of my wallet, would that help ease the pain?

 

[crows]

I see people die almost every single day I work, I have clients my heart breaks for and others I feel nothing for. You can call me heartless but I stand by my statement and I'm unashamed to do so. I'll pity her failed surroundings and her plight, I feel no sorrow for her ultimate decision.

I need to ask, what is it that you do?

 

[Uncanny Web-Slinger]

I see people die almost every single day I work, I have clients my heart breaks for and others I feel nothing for. You can call me heartless but I stand by my statement and I'm unashamed to do so. I'll pity her failed surroundings and her plight, I feel no sorrow for her ultimate decision.

Just asking, but Why?

She obviously felt there was no other escape from the constant hate directed at her, that this action was the only way possible to end it.

If you were in her exact place what would be your sollution to escape the hate?

 

[Star Puffs]

If I were to give you some money from out of my wallet, would that help ease the pain?

And the immaturity and cowardice just keep going and going...

 

[thenammagazine]

OOP! The record just skipped!

 

[The Josh]

In the end, her story is a prime example, that once something gets out on the Internet (nude pics in this case), it stays there forever, and it's impossible to escape it. Kids in high school are also cruel to no end. Hopefully, other parents can take a lesson from this and become more involved in monitoring the online activities of their children.

I agree. I tell my students this all the time and even teach a unit about this exact subject. Once it's out it ain't coming back.

I see people die almost every single day I work, I have clients my heart breaks for and others I feel nothing for. You can call me heartless but I stand by my statement and I'm unashamed to do so. I'll pity her failed surroundings and her plight, I feel no sorrow for her ultimate decision.

That's fine stand by it. If you can look at yourself in the mirror then that's cool. Loss of respect by some schmuck like me over the Internet won't be a big deal, but its sad you'll be passing these values on to another generation.

 

[Voorhees27]

OOP! The record just skipped!

Doubt the record will be changed though.

 

[wofford29]

Just asking, but Why?

She obviously felt there was no other escape from the constant hate directed at her, that this action was the only way possible to end it.

If you were in her exact place what would be your sollution to escape the hate?

Because the capacity is there to choose. At 15 you know the difference between life and death. She knew that if she takes her life she would cease to exist. I absolutely think its pitiable what happened to her but in the end no one made that ultimate decision for her.

If I were in her place there is no telling how I'd react because everyone responds to stress differently, I can tell you from experience I've seen people choose life through far worse and I've seen people choose death for far less than what this girl went through so no one's the same, but that capacity to choose was the same for all and if you are mentally competent to know what life and death mean I will not pity your decision to choose.

 

[wofford29]

That's fine stand by it. If you can look at yourself in the mirror then that's cool. Loss of respect by some schmuck like me over the Internet won't be a big deal, but its sad you'll be passing these values on to another generation.

Feelings mutual

 

[Solidus]

Doubt the record will be changed though.

I hate when that happens! Who's the dj for this thread anyway?

 

[thenammagazine]

Because the capacity is there to choose. At 15 you know the difference between life and death. She knew that if she takes her life she would cease to exist. I absolutely think its pitiable what happened to her but in the end no one made that ultimate decision for her.

If I were in her place there is no telling how I'd react because everyone responds to stress differently, I can tell you from experience I've seen people choose life through far worse and I've seen people choose death for far less than what this girl went through so no one's the same, but that capacity to choose was the same for all and if you are mentally competent to know what life and death mean I will not pity your decision to choose.

Proof Wofford knows what it's like to be a 15-year-old, prepubescent/hormonal girl.

 

[Uncanny Web-Slinger]

Because the capacity is there to choose. At 15 you know the difference between life and death. She knew that if she takes her life she would cease to exist. I absolutely think its pitiable what happened to her but in the end no one made that ultimate decision for her.

If I were in her place there is no telling how I'd react because everyone responds to stress differently, I can tell you from experience I've seen people choose life through far worse and I've seen people choose death for far less than what this girl went through so no one's the same, but that capacity to choose was the same for all and if you are mentally competent to know what life and death mean I will not pity your decision to choose.

I'm pretty sure she knew the difference between life and death, she just chose death over life because of the way her life was.

As you said, you don't have an answer to solve her particular problem of bullying and hate, so until you do you shouldn't really state that there was other options to escape that life.

Short of quitting the internet complletely cold turkey, i don't see a way for her to escape the hate. People are different and people have a different threshhold of what they can take, she reached her threshhold and decided competintly that she couldn't live the life she had.

We all (hopefully) wish she didn't take her life and that there was another way out for her but until these other options are articulated and applyable, people shouldn't judge her decision in such black and white terms.

 

[wofford29]

Proof Wofford knows what it's like to be a 15-year-old, prepubescent/hormonal girl.

I have an understanding of hormones and know about puberty and girls as well as having made it through 15 so I agree with your assessment. However if she is prepubescent at 15 she'd be a pretty late bloomer.

 

[Star Puffs]

Doubt the record will be changed though.

Sure it could. You could apologise for your blatantly sexist and cowardly attack on me and then I would stop.

 

[Voorhees27]

Sure it could. You could apologise for your blatantly sexist and cowardly attack on me and then I would stop.

Not in a million years Troll away.