I am feeling
like I am in kind of a serious mood today and there is an opinion of mine that
I need to get off my chest. A certain name has been making the rounds on the
internet and in the news this past couple weeks, AMANDA TODD.
Before I get
into this I am going to start by outright saying that I am violently opposed to
bulling in any aspect. My junior high school and elementary school days had a
lot of times where I was picked on by kids bigger than me. Let me also say that
I am also extremely against suicide, I myself went through a dark time and
considered it but as I look back now I realize that if I had gone through with
it I would not have met my beautiful Wifey.
So if you
are not up to date on the whole story behind this girl let me say it is fairly
sad tale and has a sad ending. I did not know this girl and the reason that I
am talking about it is that the topic hits very close to home for me. Before
she committed suicide Amanda made a video depicting her story and posted it on
Youtube.
Check it
out:
Time for me
to toss my two cents in on this topic, first of all let me say suicide should
never be an option. Her first action should have been when the first guy contacted
her saying he wanted a show I would have contacted the police saying that he
was harassing her to make child pornography or at least told her parents about
it. I know people will say that she felt like she was trapped and forced to but
she wasn’t, she had options.
Secondly
when she moved the first time change your name and drop all contact with your previous
life. She maintained contact with people from her life before and that is how
the harassers and bullies found her again. This may sound like a strange concept
to the younger generation but you can opt to not have or use Facebook. Also if
you choose to maintain a Facebook account when this happens you can report
abuse and have people kicked off of Facebook. Time for a fun Facebook fact,
every picture you put on to the site becomes legal property of the company so
therefore Facebook owns the picture of her boobs and can claim all the rights
to it across the internet.
So far for
those who are not keeping track the people in possession of this photo of this
girls breasts can and should be charged with, Harassment, Sexual Harassment, owning
and distributing Child Pornography and copyright infringement. Sorry about that
but my inner Lawyer just reared his ugly head.
Next up
after the girl assaulted her about a stupid asshole guy who slept with her she
chose not to press charges. Guess what you are underage and therefore not your
choice whether or not you want to, it is your parents choice and they should
of. Also the girl in the beating did so while trespassing on private government
property.
To all those
idiot kids who chose to harass a girl who had just tried to commit suicide by
making fun of her failed attempt… WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE!!!!! Think it is
funny now, she did what you told her to do and now there is one less person in
the world. Another family is in shambles because of you thought someone’s
mistakes and inner turmoil is funny.
There are a
lot of people in my mind who deserve to have the legal system rain down hell
fire upon them right now.
The Saddest
part about all of this to me is this, No one tried to help her. 75 people
filmed a girl being beat instead of stepping forward and trying to help her, it
only takes one person to make a change. I hope that all of those people sit
there now and realize that they could have helped and that would have saved the
life of a girl. I know I am thinking that if I was there I would have kicked
that other girl right off of her and stopped the violence.
Everyone is
acting now people in the government across the country are trying to bring in
more extreme laws against bullies. Communities are coming together to support a
cause and others who have suffered and survived are coming forward. It is too
late to save one girl but maybe her pain will help to change the world… it only
takes one person to make change happen.
I am sorry
for the rant, bullies really get me mad, if I could give them a taste of their
own medicine I would. An eye for an eye leaves everyone blind let us all work
together to make this world a better place and stomp out bullies. Amanda Todd
is not the first to take her life because of bullies but let us try to save
those who are suffering the same. Let all of those voices that have for so long
gone unheard finally get a chance to be on the public stage.
Sincerely
Urban Yeti
