Debate of the month for PFD as sanctioned by the National Forensic League. Were not in this tournament unfortunately. () Due to Mouse that roared productions, but as the armor games community, do you guys believe that internet bullying be a crime punishable by law? In my own personal opinion, I think it shouldn't. Due to the simple fact that cyber bullying is totally preventable by simply, avoiding it. You can block them, ignore them, retaliate easily, or just avoid the site they lurk on. Also, if it was a crime, our prison system would be stacked with useless crimes such as this.
Cyber bullying should be treated no more than what normal bullying should be treated in schools and work areas: Zero tolerance. It's not a "crime", but should be treated without hesitation.
simple enough.
internet actions need to be held accountable as much as an equal real-world action.
teacher's see bullying. atleast in at relatively small schools (my graduating class was 155) everyone knows everyone else... most of the teachers that weren't straight out of college already know most of the kids families.
I had a bully in middle school... at pe he would come up and tackle me or slide tackle my legs out from underneath me... even when we weren't playing soccer or doing anything. he would just do it for fun. the teacher knew him personally and was like "he doesn't mean it... (as he came up and did it right in front of her face as I was talking to her)... she then called him by name and told him to go play somewhere else... never reported it or anything. never sent him to the principle with a write up.
freshman year of high school there was a senior that was in my pe class that would randomly take dodgeballs (when we're not playing or looking at him)... and throw them as hard as he could and hit the younger people in the back of the head or have someone call their name and then hit them in the face with the ball. the teacher laughed at it and didn't do anything until I made the guy mad by making fun of his hunch back he had from a disorder he had. and the kicker is... i was the one sent to the office with a write up.
It wasn't a case of cyber bullying, but it shows that "teaching teachers and adults to spot it and deal with it" isn't reliable. its a 50-50 chance as to whether they'll care or do anything... and even then they may end up doing the opposite of what you think.
Making it a crime means that it invokes a punishment, aka compensation for the victim and/or jail time.
i would be happy with just giving them community service hours and not giving the bullied person anything... unless it was extreme bullying and the person was significantly afflicted from the interaction with the bully
I really don't think I've ever seen a case where online bullying with the 'referred' medium - more of a sideline of stronger, worse real-life bullying. Cyber-bullying really shouldn't be a crime because it's so easily prevented and/or stopped - however, more should be done to tackle bullying itself.
People who actively cyber-bully others should be held accountable for their actions in one way or another, so I guess it should probably be considered a crime. I think the problem is that there's no authoritative monitor of some sort online. In real life bullying, even if the e.g. teachers, don't care, at least there are witnesses, whereas online, it is can be very secretive and discreet.
On the first page I said if someone bully's you no matter how, you can take it to law enforcement or court. You can also mention the teachers that ignored your pleas for help.
Simply record everything that has been done for evidence and get your story straight. Once you've done that, then go to teacher/police/court.
it might be online but it should be taken care of just as fast as it would be in real life even if its online there are still many people who have committed suicide just cause of reading a message or comment on there profiles such as myspace/facebook
it definitely should be..... some people are stalkers and they find out where you live and where you go to school. they take pictures of your house and tell you they want to meet up somewhere or else they will hurt your dog. cyber bullying is a very serious matter and should be treated as such
This should definitely not be a crime. It's the "victim"'s choice if he's going to kill himself. Logic would tell the regular person to block the "bully"'s profile, delete and ignore the comment, and move on. The reason the government is pushing this is to reduce our freedom. By making a law against "cyber bullying", the government is cutting another slice out of our freedom of speech.
This should definitely not be a crime. It's the "victim"'s choice if he's going to kill himself. Logic would tell the regular person to block the "bully"'s profile, delete and ignore the comment, and move on. The reason the government is pushing this is to reduce our freedom. By making a law against "cyber bullying", the government is cutting another slice out of our freedom of speech.
well u just convinced me why cyber bullying shouldnt be a crime
No. That's ridiculous for one reason primarily: freedom of speech.
Is bullying repugnant, cruel, and despicable? Yes. Are bullies repugnant, cruel, and despicable? Yes. Should we outside of the government do all we can to end bullying? Yes. However, they possess the same rights as any person, the right to free speech.
And before anyone calls me insensitive, I suffer from bullying frequently myself.
Well it all depends on what the cyber bully does. Some cases should be yes. If it is harassment that is already a crime. For exp. If someone calls you and you pick up, and right when you answer they say "LOSER" then hang up. They repeatably do it over and over again. That is harassment witch is already a crime on its own. If it is a picture going around on face book,my space,twitter,etc. That's another form of cyber bulling. This all on how severe the picture is. If it's you going to the bathroom, that is sexual harassment i believe. So really many cases of cyber-bulling is already a crime. But not as easily spotted around the community
I believe it should not be punishable, unless there are major threats involved. The reason I believe it should not is because you have a major ability to stop that bullying. Ignore the person, Don't go on that site, Don't answer the person, Contact a moderator, etc. There are plenty of options for someone who is being bullied on the internet to himself cease the other from bullying him. Also parents are babying their children WAY to much and that is another factor to people who take cyber bullying way to much. The other people, yes shouldn't be bullying, but they will receive karma for what they've done
Freedom of speech is overrated and untrue in most delevoped countrys. If a child is being contacted non stop on the internet it can be very stressful. I think if it would be illegal to do in real life it should be illegal on the internet. If a child is being teased on one website nothing should be done but if there are multiply death threats the police should get involved.
