Another tragic bullying story

[Coach]

Yeah I didn't take it as an attack, I was just wanting to clarify that in no way was I defending the guy. I think we can all just agree the guy is a moron. Thats really the main point haha.

[HPLovecraft]

Originally Posted by HELPNEEDED

ANON are the heroes of the E-world. The guy obviously has no idea what he's talking about.

Dear god I hope they get the right person and make an example out of him. Too many kids getting hurt.

Anonymous are a bunch of moronic children and teenagers that like to initiate witch hunts with an assumption of guilty until proven innocent, that commit DoS attacks against organizations and websites that have nothing to do with anything (they hacked StratFor for no reason whatsoever and leaked millions of e-mails), and have stolen hundreds of credit card details from completely innocent individuals and distributed the numbers online on a number of different occasions. What am I missing?

Oh, and they have their origin on a website known for distributing child pornography.

Anon likes to hide behind a façade of some sort of "freedom fighter" mentality when they're barely a step above anarchists.

[HPLovecraft]

Originally Posted by Wormius

I wish they'd use their skills a bit more constructively and verify their findings. Really, the wrong address is posted? They could have verified that easily enough before potentially unleashing riotous vigilantes. Now the cops, who should be investigating, have to worry about putting out press releases to leave these people alone. It's so sloppy, I don't understand it. They seem pretty flippant about the mistake on their Twitter feed. At best the got the right guy, at worst they gave the perp a head start to wipe any evidence before the police can investigate it and lay charges.

It's because Anon isn't some sort of well run organization. It's a collection of loosely affiliated computer geeks suffering from a god complex, with the majority not even being old enough to vote yet.

[4X4]

Pylon, you should copy and paste your lab coat comment on buddy's Facebook page.

What a pathetic excuse. The correct response is "I'm sorry for what I wrote. I don't even know her. I was just being a jackass, and now I've been punished for it. I deserved that. I apologize to her family and friends." Maybe he'd get his job back, or at least regain a bit of respect from people that know him.

[Zevo]

Originally Posted by Iginla

Yeah, because the people on Facebook would just cease to exist if Facebook shutdown their website, and the internet would be sunshine and lollipop gummy bears without Facebook.

That's not even close to anything I said or implied. Not sure where you even get that.

[The Yen Man]

Originally Posted by West Karma

I am not too sure but I think that ANON has children's best interest at all times - I hope you are wrong!

IMO, the only reason ANON does anything is to stoke their own egos. I don't think this is any exception. They're doing it to get the recognition.

That said, I think in this situation, if the fallout of their ego trip ends with catching the culprit, then I'm all for it. The danger, as some posters already said, is that they target the wrong guy before getting all their facts straight.

[OffsideSpecialist]

The online group that claimed to have unmasked Amanda Todd’s tormenter has changed its target to a new suspect, a man located in Wisconsin.

Anonymous took social media by storm earlier this week by posting the personal information about a British Columbia man, alleging he was the one who blackmailed 15-year-old Todd

...

The man first named by Anonymous is facing charges in B.C. stemming from an August incident of alleged sexual assault against a victim under 16. A representative for Anonymous, who refused to give a name, told the Star the group “didn’t care” if it was wrong because the man had been accused of similar crimes, though the charges are still before the court.

http://metronews.ca/news/canada/4072...g-amanda-todd/

I guess they changed their minds

[jayswin]

Yep, that's why those guys are so scary. I can't believe people condon and cheer on what they do. They have the ability to destroy people's lives and they have been wrong before and will be in the future. Just brutal.

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by The Yen Man

IMO, the only reason ANON does anything is to stoke their own egos. I don't think this is any exception. They're doing it to get the recognition.

That said, I think in this situation, if the fallout of their ego trip ends with catching the culprit, then I'm all for it. The danger, as some posters already said, is that they target the wrong guy before getting all their facts straight.

Not just that, but even if they target the right guy, they are interfering with the investigation. If their target was guilty, their interference would have alerted him in time to destroy evidence and it could also make it difficult to give him a fair trial.

[chemgear]

http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Bu...144/story.html

A 15-year-old New York student who had reportedly been bullied by peers died Wednesday after throwing herself in front of a train in Staten Island.

“I hope the football team feels guilty for what they did to her. ... They were torturing her,” said Stephanie Imparato, 15. “How can you go through life being verbally assaulted like that? These guys are cruel and malicious.”

“This poor girl was called a slut," said a 17-year-old called Victoria. "She was teased on Facebook. People knock books out of kids hands,”
The Post added that friends wrote on Facebook about how Felicia complained to school officials about the harassment, but the bullying continued.

[The Yen Man]

Yikes. I hope those football players are traumatized for life.

[Wormius]

I don't quite understand. This all started just earlier in the school year it sounds like from the article. That's must have been either some intense bullying or something.

[Travis Munroe]

Honestly, I did lose a bit of sleep the night I watched the video/read articles on Amanda Todd. There is no doubt bullying has been around for ages and she is not the only victim. Her video did touch me in the sense it was her directly and not some media crew talking about bullying or victims.
As a kid I was bullied and bullied myself. The video made me reflect on some of my own actions. One comment here or there doesnt seem like a big deal and at the time I assumed everyone could take it like I did. Luckily, I have thick skin and rarely let anything bother me. The difference is, I had the select few people who found it amusing to harass me, many of these kids are getting it every corner they turn and have no one to talk to and see no end in site.

Anyway, RIP Amanda Todd. To those who say the bullying was her own fault for flashing the webcam or sleeping with the guy who had a gf....I disagree.
The flashing was stupid but im willing to bet, immature girls who do not know any better and are insecure are doing similar things without weighing the consequences. Everyone felt invisible at 15.
The guy with the gf...common, knowing she was insecure/bullied and his gf was out of town he invited her over for 1 thing. He got what he wanted and then turned on her. In no way were her actions right however a mental evaluation would point 90% of the blame on him.

[T@T]

Sometimes I think we need to bring back the good ol days, When I was a kid I was known to be a bit of a fighter and maybe even a little crazy sometimes but I would never pick on anyone not looking for it..at all.But what really pissed me off were the types that would mentally and physically dominate other people just for fun, I really hated this kind of crap. And just for fun I sometimes showed them what pain really felt like!

What I did to the bully types back in the day would land me in jail nowadays...back then the cops turned another cheek.

BTW, I love Dexter

[The Yen Man]

I was the quiet kid in class, but was never bullied because I didn't stand out in any sort of way. I did befriend a few kids who were bullied, because I'm the type of guy who's nice to everyone, and kids who were bullied would come talk to me and I'd talk to them back.

Looking back, I wish I did more to support them. I mean, I would talk to them and partner with them in class, or hang out with them in the library, but I didn't try to actively help them when they were bullied. I've always felt ashamed of that because I felt terrible for them. In the back of my mind I was wishing bad things on these bullies, but I was too chicken**** to do anything about it since I didn't want to get bullied myself. Its tough being a kid, and I'm just glad the guys I did hang out with who were bullied ended up becoming successful adults. I have no idea what happened to some of the bullies, but I'm hoping they're working at a gas station somewhere as their career path.

[ken0042]

Originally Posted by The Yen Man

Its tough being a kid, and I'm just glad the guys I did hang out with who were bullied ended up becoming successful adults.

As somebody who was bullied a fair bit- I think it's safe to say that it is because of people like you that I actually turned out to be quasi-normal. Don't beat yourself up about the times when you may have stood back and did nothing. For one thing, back in those days there was little you could have done without becoming a target yourself. The other thing is that your acts of kindness not only helped give the victims the strength they needed to keep going on; but also helped that person become a social person and be able to rise above all the nonsense.

[manwiches]

Thread bump - I'm glad to hear some justice is being served for her and her family.

Amanda Todd’s mother says she has been called in to speak with RCMP after Dutch media reported a man in the Netherlands has been arrested in connection with the cyberbullying suicide of her 15-year-old daughter.
According to the report in Omroep Brabant, a 35-year-old man from Oklahoma City was arrested in January. He remains in police custody and appeared before a court in Amsterdam on Wednesday to face charges of extortion.

http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/me...151/story.html

[Daradon]

Yeah, weird twist, but good to see the case is moving along.

Also goes to show you just how these predators work. Prior to this it felt like it was all coming from within the community. But it's actually linked to internet pedos all over the world. Unbelievable.

[AcGold]

Originally Posted by The Yen Man

I was the quiet kid in class, but was never bullied because I didn't stand out in any sort of way. I did befriend a few kids who were bullied, because I'm the type of guy who's nice to everyone, and kids who were bullied would come talk to me and I'd talk to them back.

Looking back, I wish I did more to support them. I mean, I would talk to them and partner with them in class, or hang out with them in the library, but I didn't try to actively help them when they were bullied. I've always felt ashamed of that because I felt terrible for them. In the back of my mind I was wishing bad things on these bullies, but I was too chicken**** to do anything about it since I didn't want to get bullied myself. Its tough being a kid, and I'm just glad the guys I did hang out with who were bullied ended up becoming successful adults. I have no idea what happened to some of the bullies, but I'm hoping they're working at a gas station somewhere as their career path.

I remember being a kid and getting picked on quite a bit from grades 5 to 9 when I moved to a new school and remember explicitly when someone stood up for me or helped and at the time that was huge. You probably helped out more than you think and the bullies I knew all ended up to be major burnouts or serious criminals headed down a dark path so don't feel too bad. As long as someone isn't being sexually abused, brain damaged or too badly ridiculed it's possible to bounce back in most cases (barring genetic predisposition to psychological issues). Some of the stuff people did to me was ridiculously horrendous and I bear no resentment or pain from it because it takes a fair amount to seriously damage someone.

Nowadays has got to be 10 times worse with how the kids all have phones and are connected to social media.

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by Daradon

Yeah, weird twist, but good to see the case is moving along.

Also goes to show you just how these predators work. Prior to this it felt like it was all coming from within the community. But it's actually linked to internet pedos all over the world. Unbelievable.

I was surprised too. Always thought it was some local guy doing this.

I guess "Anonymous" was a wee bit mistaken about the perpetrator's identity. Hopefully that ends their foray into sleuthing.