Florida girl, 12, commits suicide after she was bullied online: sheriff

[JoeyT]

30. I remember it happening at school where they couldn't get away from it.

I'm not sure how much worse they could possibly be than some of the ones we had were. Stubenville didn't shock me because we had a lot of shit like that. We had rapes and straight up murders that went without prosecution because a judge or DA's or cop's or superintendent's kid committed them or because the kid that did it was necessary to the football team. Law enforcement, teachers, and principals not only made no effort to stop it, they actively encouraged it and protected the bullies. Anyone that made an effort to stop it was pretty much guaranteed to see the full force of all the authority that shithole of a town could bring to bear.

I don't think the ones we had could have gotten away with what they did if social media had been a thing. They'd have probably been the example of why our generation was so much worse than any before it. Instead of the bullies posting pictures of themselves doing stuff on facebook, they made VCR tapes and passed them around....so they weren't any brighter or any more discreet, they were just doing it in a closed environment where their actions wouldn't come to the attention of anyone that was willing to do anything about it.

I'm absolutely thrilled the vile motherfuckers aren't getting away with it like they used to, though. As for what we do about it, expulsions and prosecutions sounds about right to me. They'd be thinned out rather quickly that way.