

Seeks to expel students who digitally harass others








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RE: What's wrong with society?
By HinderedHindsight on 8/13/2008 10:29:41 AM , Rating: 5
You also were probably taught that you could NOT get away with anything you want...

Typically, I would agree this is overlegislation and interfering with peoples lives. And it probably is.

I think the law is trying to change what is effectively a parenting problem in society. The unfortunate thing is that it HAS become a problem. We have children growing up in households where parents have turned them into obsessions. They are not taught the "golden" values of life and are not punished either because the parents have overvalued them to the point where respect for others is not taught, or because you have parents who just don't care and can't be bothered with the mundane issues of properly raising a child.

I think on some level, the child recognizes the power their parents are practically handing them. They realize there are few or no consequences for their actions, and begin capitalizing on it any way they can.

Unfortunately a block button might work when the person is talking to you, but what happens when they begin telling everyone else? Even in the adult world in the cult of entertainment that many people love, a whole industry is built around spreading rumors, half truths, and juicy details. As adults, we make money off of this behavior, how could we not expect children to engage in it as well? Sure, actors and actresses may ignore these attacks in print and online, but there are two big differences between an adult actor and a child.

1) not every child is emotionally equipped to handle situations where they have become a target (in fact, many are not being properly equipped by parents with life skills)
2) an adult actor/actress has tons of money, and still has fans/popularity to revalidate themselves

I have mixed feelings about this kind of law. But after growing up in California for 23 years in an upper-middle class environment, it is hard to ignore these trends of ill equipped children of privilege being given free reign to abuse the lack of consequences.

Additionally, schools are not only responsible for educating children, but assisting in providing a safe learning environment for every child, and they are allowed punish children in limited forms and preventing children from engaging in "undesireable" behavior. I'm not sure I would say this is too far of a stretch. If a child chooses to disrupt another's education by going on myspace and posting sh*t, and that sh*t gets passed around school, why shouldn't they punish that child?

Overall, I think a better solution is to shut myspace down and all these other social networking sites. It's irritating enough that half the people I meet in the real world want to give me a myspace page along with their number/email address so that I can "get to know them better." F*** that- being friends with me is not a relationship that needs to be managed via an internet social networking site.

RE: What's wrong with society?
By FITCamaro on 8/13/08, Rating: 0






RE: What's wrong with society?
I have to point out one flaw in your logic.



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RE: What's wrong with society?
I'll sum up your statements

Its a gay lay that shouldn't be in place.


