Small Town Life

Geez dude, get the facts before blogging about it. And Azure, I'm sure you'll change your sanctiomious stance once you have a 14 year old daughter.....

No venom I won’t be changing my stance. I have a daughter as well as a son. My daughter is 9 and my son is 12. I am sure that they will both get their hearts broken many times over. As a matter of fact, I hope that they do. Because it's part of the trials and tribulations one must go through, to become a man/woman. So far, my son has been the one to go through the trouble with bullies and the like. It was hard for us to see him go through something that we could not fix. However, we were there for him when he needed to talk, or have his battle wounds tended. No I did not threaten the school with a lawsuit, and I did not go and beat up the offending kids or their fathers. Instead I instilled in my son the knowledge that he would one day be a man, and as such he would be expected to defend himself. Finally he had enough and fought back, now he has some good friends out of the situation, and a few bullies that won’t think of touching him again. The same attitude will ring true when my kids begin to date. They will be on their own, as I am secure in the knowledge that I raised two fine young adults that know the difference between right and wrong. My son has been taught to respect women, just as my daughter will be taught to respect herself. You see, this is why my wife and I made the decision that one of us should stay home to raise the kids. As such, save for the walk to and from school. I know what my children are doing, watching, playing and or talking to at any given moment of any given day. Yes my children have internet access, it is about an arm’s length away from my own, and they are never on it without me within arm’s reach. I also have Netnanny and monitor their keystrokes quite often. It is not difficult, they do not resent me for it nor would I let up if they did. Now by the time my son is 14, he will have a bit more leeway, however that is contingent upon him being mature enough to receive the slack he desires. This girl did not go through anything more tragic than any other teenage girl in this country goes through on a daily basis. The only difference is that it was done over the internet. How many teenage girls call one another on the phone while their g/f is on the extension and try to get the girl they called to talk smack on the one on the extension? Or spread rumors about affairs with teachers? Been "Played" by a boy and heartbroken. These situations do not spur able minded teens to hang themselves in their rooms. Think about how drastic of a reaction this was....hanging herself in her room. If you know anything about behavioral science and or depression/emotional issues, you know that this was most assuredly not the first time this girl would have exhibited behavioral disorder. There was a history of mental/emotional illness with this girl, and as such her parents obviously did not get her the treatment she needed to overcome them. By the mother’s own admission, her daughter’s computer was in her own room behind closed doors and her only response after reading the correspondence was “Honey you shouldn’t use those kinds of words.” She didn’t address her child’s heartbreak in the slightest, or the even give credence to the message “The world would be a better place without you,” . The blame for this child’s suicide rests solely upon her parent’s shoulders, and this is nothing more than another guilty parent trying to get someone else to pay for their mistakes. This lawsuit is no different than a mother suing rockstar games for her son murdering someone and then blaming it on GTA. Also I guarantee that even if she gets a conviction, this is nothing more than the gateway to a civil suit for the mother and an excuse for mindless politicians to blame the world’s evils on the internet(You know….that thing full of tubes?). Venom you call my stance sanctimonious and yet cast disparages upon it. Hypocritical much, or don't you understand the definition of the word? You’ve already proven that you cannot spell it, so I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt and air toward the latter.

We live in a small town as well, and being a fairly high-profile person means you can't get away with anything. You cannot go to the grocery store or the Wal Mart without getting recognized.

Yeah, the whole story is pretty sad. The "Josh" persona was purposefully made to see if she was gossiping about the woman's child (a former friend). Then knowing her insecurities, they pushed her over the edge by staging a "breakup" converstation with the fake person. Did they intend for her to kill herself? I doubt it, but they wanted her to feel pain, and humiliation.

The lady and the child acted as con-men with fake identities. Last time I heard, that was illegal. If you don't live in the area that this happened(I do), you are only getting about 1/3rd of the story from the national news.

This case will set a dangerous prescident and give every Timmy’s mother out there a frivolous lawsuit to file. This girl is dead, simply because her parents allowed a mentally disturbed child onto the internet alone. The same type of "Bullying" happens at school especially when girls are involved. Who among us can honestly say that we have not fucked with another's head as teenagers? I even remember a specific time when a friend's mother helped us get even with a girl who dumped her son. She taught us a bit about the female mindset which allowed us to lure her into thinking one of the most popular guys on our football team wanted to date her. He took her out a few times (No one suspected that Mr. Football and the burnouts had grown up together and were friends.) and then dumped her on her ass in a very public and brutal manner. Now....did my buddy's mom deserve to go to jail? I say take a fucking lap, throw some dirt on it and move along. If she could not handle being dumped by a boy that she never even met? Then she should have never been allowed on MySpace in the first place. This entire crusade of hers is nothing more than a guilty parent trying to place the blame upon someone else.