R.I.P. Internet Trolls?

[arus2001]

Sooo, they want to pass a law making internet bullying illegal, yet the school system still does nothing against school-yard bullies? Just a slap on the wrist for them, but internet harassment is a fine and jail-time?

I love America.

In this case I'll say it depends on the school. Not a whole lot unlike cops being lazy about enforcing certain ticketable misdemeanors with simple warnings. Graduated in '01, but if you bullied, the Headmaster made your life hell. Some kids learned that my 6th grade year when they thought it'd be cute to throw my uniform in the pool during gym class because I didn't give a shit about their juvenile whims.

[pirahna1]

Sooo, they want to pass a law making internet bullying illegal, yet the school system still does nothing against school-yard bullies? Just a slap on the wrist for them, but internet harassment is a fine and jail-time?

I love America.

In this case I'll say it depends on the school. Not a whole lot unlike cops being lazy about enforcing certain ticketable misdemeanors with simple warnings. Graduated in '01, but if you bullied, the Headmaster made your life hell. Some kids learned that my 6th grade year when they thought it'd be cute to throw my uniform in the pool during gym class because I didn't give a shit about their juvenile whims.

Lucky you. When I was in school our bullies got away with hell. Just because they were football players, bad ones at that. I had multiple teachers laugh in my face when I told them how I was being treated and by whom. None of them received a single day of detention, ever.

They need to nip the problem in the bud. Bullies are bred in schools, not the freakin internet. Not to mention the girl in this article might have lived if not for the fact that she was also bulled in school as well. Our lawmakers just astound me sometimes at the audacity in which they pass these fucked up bills.